This zine was done by John Barbisan, who would just starting to play guitar for Hype at the time. he had a few co-cospirators like John and Julius who would go on to start Sketchy Records and rob ben who would be known for his Scallen-esque like photos of the Toronto scene at the time. The zine had a skate sub text and this first issue had a cover drawn by Brian Walsby as well as a scene report on L.A. written by Mr. Walsby. This must have been shortly after he had moved to Raleigh. This first issue features an interview with Mike Marley and the Sailors who would go on to become Rocktopus. There was also an interview with DRI where Spike was looking an awful lot like David Lee Roth of Van Halen. Don, a.k.a. Reuben Kincade has a column in which he writes a bit about Pete Warner's suicide. There is an interview with DOA at a show they did on November 30, 1985 at Ildiko's. There is a good scene report that situates the zine at a time when the DMZ closed down but Ildiko's had just started doing shows. There is an interview with the Asexuals at one of their Toronto shows. Neil and John from Neon Rome are interviewed. There is a photo page and a column by Rad Man on skateboarding and a rant about how snowboards suck.
Formed out of Mike Marley and the Sailors this cassette came out in 1988. The band was made up of Stimey Rockpile on vocals, Buzzy G-Reen on guitars, Bruce Gordon on bass, and Buttermilk Jones on drums. The songs on here are: 
Mike Marley and the Sailors was a band that Jonathon Cummings was in. Jonathon would move to Montreal and join the Doughboys and the Sailors would morph into Roctopus.
The False Prophets were an unusual punk band from New York that were part of the peace punk scene. But they didn't sound like CRASS or CONFLICT or what was considered that sound. They used all sort of types of music that fused into punk which inlcuded things like reggae and opera. They also used a lot of props in their show. They had an LP out at the time and so there was some excitement about this show. It was at the Bridge at Bloor and Bathurst, which was also known as Ildiko's and the Starwood as you can see but the use of all three names on the flyer.
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