Letter to the Editor

Not sure how MSI fits into all of this, but the writer mentions them in league with Slayer, Metallica, and Aerosmith.

Flyer - Saturday January 27, 1990

Zine - Confuzed 4

I was more involved with the fourth issue of Confuzed. I think I helped with the layout and the photos and some of the writing. But Joel did most of the interviews.

The zine coloumn continues in this issue but has a name which is called "Raggin'". This column mentions Still Thinking, Robzine, dripping Pig Mucous, Something Smells and then some other zines like Subruban Voice and Sold Out.

The music reviews section is called Looney tunes and has lots of live band shots scaterred throughout.

The issue starts out with a piece on Death Angel, Agnostic Front, and Das Damen.

There is an interview with Joey Shithead about the 10th Anniversary for DOA, with All when Dave Smalley sang for them, and More Stupid Initials (M.S.I.), which is much more detailed than anything else I have read on the band.

But the best part of this issue is the back cover which has Jamie Problem in the buck at a show they played with SNFU at Ildiko`s. It is hilarious looking and makes it`s way into the Chris Walter`s book on SNFU.

Flyer - Friday November 10, 1989

Flyer - Saturday November 4, 1989

MSI "An Amazing Feat" ep

This is MSI's second ep. There is a bunch of other songs that the band recorded in this same session. One of them came out on the Still Thinking comp called "Progress?!?". The rest of them remain unreleased. Joe Boyden who is now a Giller Prize winner for fiction played harmonica on one of the songs on here. Rob Ben put out the record on a label he made up called Bucko-5. I think this might have been the only release on this label. The band covers the Village People on this record sort of. The songs on here are:

1. Daydream
2. Shoelace
3. Macho Man

4. Border Song
5. Make My Day
6. Rear View Mirror

Flyer - Saturday April 29, 1989

Flyer - Sunday April 9, 1989

MSI headlined a show in Belleville. This was the first show in Belleville done in a club. Daragh Hayes put on the show and he told me that the artwork came from a Polish comp. Daragh also told me that Moshed Potatoes were from Peterborough and weren't able to play the show.

Flyer - Thursday April 6, 1989

Flyer - Sunday January 15, 1989

Flyer - Friday July 29, 1988

Various Artists " Ontario: Yours to Discover" cassette

Side A

1. NOMIND – Strontium Dog

2. NOMIND – Intro to Big Bad Bugs

3. NOMIND – Big Bad Bugs
4. B.S.L. – Human Prey

5. B.S.L. – Subject to Change

6. B.S.L. – Pumpin' Gas

7. VISIBLE MINORITY – St. Mary

8. VISIBLE MINORITY – Dope Deal

9. VISIBLE MINORITY – Doing What Comes Naturally

10. VISIBLE MINORITY – Doing What Comes Naturally continued

11. DEATH OF GODS – Do Wah / Reflections

12. DEATH OF GODS – Forced Beliefs

13. M.S.I. – Our Fight

14. M.S.I. – Infection

15. M.S.I. – You

16. MISSING LINK – Cutting Edge

17. MISSING LINK – Barba Death

18. MISSING LINK – Man to Man

19. BLACK DONNELLYS – Poor People of Poland

20. BLACK DONNELLYS – Challenger

21. GODCORP. - Trail by Fire

22. SONS OF ISHMAEL – Ohio (Live)

23. SONS OF ISHMAEL – Intro to Man and His Penis Sceptre (Live)

24. SONS OF ISHMAEL – Man and His Penis Sceptre (Live)

25. SUBVERSION – Violence is Violence

26. SON OF HAPPY – Sweaty Ears (cuts off)

Side B

1. SUCKING CHEST WOUND - Untitled

2. SOCIAL SUICIDE – Local Yoko

3. SOCIAL SUICIDE – Sportshunstmen

4. NUNFUCKERS – Burning Chemicals

5. NUNFUCKERS – Spoiled Brats

6. NUNFUCKERS – Ziffco Punx

7. HYPE – Scum Tongue

8. HYPE – Insecurity

9. NEGATIVE GAIN – Live or Die

10. NEGATIVE GAIN – What’s the Reason

11. PROBLEM CHILDREN – Energy

12. PROBLEM CHILDREN – Breakfast of Champions

13. PORCELAIN FOREHEAD – The Gameshow Riff

14. PORCELAIN FOREHEAD – Gnawin’ On

15. PORCELAIN FOREHEAD – The Viewing

16. HONEST INJUN – Say It Now

17. HONEST INJUN – Wasteline

18. FLAG OF TRUCE – What Does It Take

19. THE TRAPT – Fool on the Hill

20. THE TRAPT – Someday’s Punk Rock Sucks

21. HAKENKREUZ – Jack Palance is the Anti-Christ

22. GUILT PARADE – Jesus Janitor

23. GUILT PARADE – Frustrated Americunts

24. GUILT PARADE – Religion in American Life

Click to download the booklet

Zine - Photo Drome #2

 This is a photozine compiled by Rita Laberto. When Photo Drome came out it reminded me of “Welcome to Cruise Country” which was a photo zine that MRR did at the time. The theme of “Cruise Country” was to capture photos of the European bands. There was lots of attention on the North American bands, but MRR wanted to demonstrate the greatness of activity in other countries. Most photozines were limited to their local scene. That was what was easiest for photographers. Shoot pictures of local bands and the bands that came through town. This was the second issue for Photo Drome and I think Rita had made contacts from the first issue with photographers from around the world. Issue 2 got to incorporate photos from some scenes in Europe.  So although there were pictures of bands from Toronto which included D.O.G., M.S.I., BSL, the Nunfuckers, and Missing Link there were photos of bands that had played in Toronto like Life Sentence from Chicago, Hyper as Hell from Ohio, Pillsbury Hardcore from Pomona, SNFU from Edmonton. There were also international bands in this zine. Larm from Holland, Indigesti from Italy, the Skeezicks from Germany, Heresy from England. The list goes on and it is an impressive one. It was impressive to us back then because these were bands we had only read about. Photo Drome  was a window to the international hardcore scene. Photo Drome made us feel like we had something special in our scene. The zine was professionally printed with colour on the cover which was rare back then for underground zines. And Photo Drome was bound so pages didn’t come apart from the staples not holding. It was just an all round awesome hardcore scrapbook. Click on the cover above to witness the late 80’s hardcore scene in Toronto, the bands that passed through and the bands that inspired us. Here is a list of the bands photographed:

- Alternative Inuits
- Life Sentence
- Youth of Today
- Straight Ahead
- Capitalist Alienation
- Scream
- Indigesti
- Negazione
- Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers
- Stinky Rats
- Wolf Pack
- New Balance
- Confront
- Pillsbury Hardcore
- Kina
- Larm
- Dead Brain Cells
- Missing Link
- D.O.G.
- Raw Power
- Hyper as Hell
- Nunfuckers
- The Ramones
- Heresy
- False Hope
- SNFU
- Bad Brains
- Guilt Parade
- Circus Lupus
- MSI
- Skeezicks
- G.I.
- Accused
- Outface
- Dead Milkman
- Agnostic Front
- Crach Box
- P.E.D.
- Half Off
- B.S.L.
- Henry Rollins Band
- the Doughboys

Flyer - Sunday May 22, 1988

Adrenalin O.D. from New Jersey played Toronto in 1988 with 76% Uncertain from Connecticut. MSI were the plus guests not named on the bill. This oen was one of the first shows at the Siboney which was a salsa club at the bottom of Augusta in Kensington Market. The Siboney would go on to become the space for K.Y.T.E.S.

Flyer - Thursday May 12, 1988

Flyer - Sunday April 3, 1988

This was a show in Ottawa. One Step Beyond was the club which took it's name from the Madness song. I think Jeff Cohen used to do the booking at that club. the campus community radio station co-sponsored the show.

Flyer - Sunday February 21, 1988

Flyer - Friday January 22, 1988

Flyer - Saturday December 19, 1987

Flyer - Saturday November 21, 1987