Zine - Still Thinking #2

The second issue of Still Thinking starts out with an interview with Alice from CHUMBAWAMBA (pre-Tub Thumbing days). Alice provides into Chumba`s approach as punks and asks the important question `Where are the women at in the punk scene?"

MALHAVOC are interviewed in their horror metal phase. James talks about influences which includes Flemish painters and industrial music. So this is insight into what the direction they would start going. And at the time they were working on a release with Diabolic force, which never came out. 

DEATH OF GODS were a hardcore band from Mississauga, also known as D.O.G. The band split right when their cassette came out and half the band left to form M.S.I. The group that stayed recruited new members  and would go on to self release an ep. They had a New York hardcore sound at a time when that sound was being carved out by Straight Ahead and Youth of Today. Locals liked them for that. But this interview has them not taking the interview too seriously and you miss the appeal of the band. Nonetheless one of the few interviews they would do before calling it quits. 

There is a scene report from Arizona on the Pheonix scene. The report is written by the drummer of YOUTH UNDER CONTROL. He writes about the bands at the time which included DESECRATION and LAST OPTION. And he writes about some of the zines, but Hippycore, which was the most well known zine to come from Pheonix, was not in that list. Odd because Jack from Desecration was a big part of the zine and Joel would go on to work for Profane Existence. 

ANOTHER DESTRUCTIVE SYSTEM, from L.A., get interviewed. This anarchist band were in the process of releasing a 12" on Mortarhate. They talked about how direct action can work and were advocating for an anti ripoff promotion collective which targeted Goldenvoice. 

DESPERATE MINDS from Kamloops played in Toronto and had just released an ep. Sean, the singer was interviewed and talked about an organizing collective called K.I.D.S. which sounds like it was inspired by B.Y.O. and Positive Force.

There is an interview with an industrial band called VAROSHI FAME. And that was followed by an interview with DARREN COPELAND, a teen from Mississauga who did experimental music. This started reflecting the DIY alternative scenes and the influences of the zine contributors at the time. Even industrial reviews started showing up in the review section. 


One of the only interviews I read with DEAD MILKMEN and one of the funniest. The jokes about the Philly scene are hilarious. DEAD MILKMEN have great insight into politics. This was at the time when they were working on their second album. And they didn't do well on their Canadian punk trivia. 

There is a few fun pieces too like the "Radio Moscow" piece which is a made up story of spins and conspiracies reflecting Cold War mentalities at the time. There is a mock interview with DURAN DURAN which is also pretty funny. 

More humour and more industrial coverage.