Zine - Mosh Yankee 3

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This is issue 3 of Mosh Yankee. This issue featured pieces on Cursed, the Control from Buffalo, the prowl from Boston, the Circle Jerks, and Manowar. There is also a piece on Yannick's label, the Great American Steak Religion, which was the record label that preceeded the mighty Feral Ward Records. And the back page is an anti smoking piece that originally appeared on a Born Against record that ebullition did.

Zine - Mosh Yankee #1

Mosh Yankee was a zine put out by Mat Bickle. Matt would go on to sing in a band called Sinkin' Ships and would start up a record label called Slasher Records.

Matt initially had a zine called Taint, but he switched the name to Mosh Yankee. This was his first issue and juding by the interviews this had to come out in the Fall of 2001.

Matt liked to take pictures and he liked to print them large. He used a half 8-1/2" x 11" format but flipped the size on it's side so that it resembled a coffee table style of book. This worked well with the large sized photos.

The zine opens up with some shots of No Justice at Chicago-Fest, which had to have been one of the best sets I have seen in a decade.

A brief piece on Bright Calm Blue. They had a split out and I got the sense they were from Quebec. They played with To Dream of Autumn and there is some full sized shots of them. I believe they were from Oakville.

There is some full page shots of the pit at Pointless Fest when Tragedy was on.

Matt interviews At the Mercy of Inspiration who were from Mississauga. This might be the only interview I have seen of the band. They were a metal-core type of band.

Matt talks to R.A.M.B.O. about Manowar, which seems to be his favourite topic.

Matt does a serious interview with No Time Left (from Buffalo) and Splitting Teeth (from Washington State).

The back page has Al Barile's poem on Straight edge called "The Choice" which originally appeared in Glen Friedman's first photo book.

Zine - Taint #2.5

This was the last issue of the zine under this name. It came out in the summer of 2001 and was published by Matt Bickle of Slasher Records. This issue is mostly photos and I think that is why it earned the half number. Having said that this issue does feature interviews with Kent McClard of HeartattaCk / ebullition fame, an interview with Manowar, and a column by Paul Pfeiffer of Wadge. The photos include pictures of

-          Dead Nation, Ruination, Limp Wrist, Fast Times, at Chicago Fest.

-          The Locust, Reversal of Man, Bloodpact, 9 Shocks Terror, and Hacksaw at Michigan fest

-          Life`s Halt, What Happens Next, and Gordon Solie Motherfuckers at their last show in Cleveland

The photos are large and remind me of the style that Martin Sorrondeguy applied to the posters that accompanied the “Hysteria” compilation.

Zine - Taint #1

Taint was the origins of Mosh Yankee. This was Matt Bickle's first issue.

He had articles on False Metal, taxes on tapes, vegan cheese reviews, Manowar, Genetically modified chicken at KFC, Dancing Moves, a re-print of a piece written by a preist interpreting Minor Threat, and a revealing list of some e-bay auction prices.

Interviews include Atom and his Package, Piebald, and Converge.

There is also some extensive reviews. Some of the bands reviewed in here include Born Dead Icons, Day of Mourning, Legion666, Blake, Wadge, Spread the Disease, and Standing 8.