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Hi there again! I hope our new forma t doesn't cause too much eye strain with th e smaller print . At this time I'd like to tak e a minute to clue you in on a few points o f interest . In case you haven't noticed this i s our second issue and I'll be working o n getting Issue #3 out shortly after The Ne w Year . I would like to make Suburban Relaps e a regular occurance, coming out roughly ever y two months . I can't do this all myself so I'll nee d your help . I need stories, interviews, features , photos, cartoons, artwork . . . you name it . I want this zine to be representative of South Florida . We have some great writers and artists, so pleas e get in touch with me and lets do it ! Now's the time for action, my friends . If we can get ourselves organized maybe we ca n make a few changes here . Frankly I'm tired o f national bands overlooking this area and I'm sic k of the crap that gets played on the radio . It' s not easy as such commited bands like The Eat, Th e Throbs, The Essentials, etc . . . will tell you . We got to give it our best shot though and b e positive about who and what we are . I'm sick o f people complaining and not doing anything . Maybe this zine in it's own insignificent wa y will help bring about some of those changes . I may sound naive but if you thick about i t things have to get better, they certainl y can't get any worse . Can they ? In short, if you got material you' d like to see nublishe-', send it in!!! If some thing in?!- es or outrages you, put it o n paper and let us know about it . As silly as i t may sound, I would like to think of thi s fanzine as a ca-imunity effort . Also if you' d like 'o take an ad, I'd be glad to furnish a n ad rate card on request . Our ad rates are CHEAP!!!''

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THE CHARLIE PICKETT INTERVIEW STORY : FISH PHOTOS : JIM JOHNSO N = ,_iTORS NOTE . .For the uninformed, Charlie Pickett is a local legend, a n outstanding guitarist, and plays tough passtionate classic R 'n' tR . Period. . His band, the Eggs have gone through more personal changes in 2 years tha n let's say Fleetwood Mac have in 15 . This weeks lineup consits of John Sal ton, guitar : Eddie O'Brien, bass (on loan from the Eat) ; and John Galway , drums . Two singles are avaivable on Open Records (Feeling / " White Light 'whit e Heat " and "If this is Love"/"Slow Death" .) For information contact Open Records, 901 Progresso Drive, Ft . Lauderdale, Fla .33304 FISH : We all know that the Pickett legend began in Dania, Fla . Lets star t at the beginning ; what was your first car ? C .P ; I got my first car when I was 16 . It was a 65' Volkswagon ; but afte r 2 months I lucked into a 65' Mustang . Much better for picking up girls . Before that I walked to the Dairy Queen for my dates . FISH :You've lived in South Florida for a long time ; isn't there an earl y Miami music scene ? C .P : When I was growing up there were a lot of dances at the high school s and teen centers . This was in 65' to 67' . A number of big bands were popular then . The Birdwatchers, Mark Markham and the Jesters, The Beaver Patrol, The Body Shop . Great dance bands doing good covers of Vanilla Fudge , Young Rascals, a lot of soul . These were weekly dances, too . But, in 196 8 intergation came in which occasioned big fights after ball games and dance s so it Killed them . Also, maybe because pot became popular, and who wants t o dance behind pct? Actually, this was the death of a social mechanism whic h was very important then, just as now . Sad . To my memory, this is the onl y new scene since it's demise . The lchllar , Screaming Sneakers, Reactions , Eat, and the Eggs . FISH : Barry Elliott? Do you feel his loss from the orginal Eggs line-up ? Or, if the music is strong enough, does the personal really matter ? C .P : Yeah, Cause Barry was definetaly the main character of the old band . A lot of girls liked him . He was a good white guitar player . Of course th e personal is important ; because the guys in the band have got to know the difference betwwen executing Chuck Berry ala Johnny Winter or Keith Richar d Johnny Winter played it very Exciting, But white ; an Extremely caucasian feel . Where as Keith whumped and pumped the songs into life . FISH : Did you ever notice how guys tend to become individuals and dance a lone to the Eggs ? C .P : I don't know . Never noticed . Our music is sort of guy's music, but , on the other hand, I don't think there is such a thing . Girls love Van Hale n but are just too afraid to g) to their concerts alone .Scared d of th e guys who go . I guess . Your're asking me to define the obvious, but I can't . This thing about the subject matter of songs ; I don't like songs that whin e about loves lost . Insinuations of be and do something great appeals more t o guys than girls . On the other hand, we certainly don't put down girls . W e like em! It's sort of obvious .

FISH : Wh e C .P : Th s questio n FISH : Re i directio n C .P : Y e Tctver a ] it . So t i second o FISH : Lol C .P : I 1 tic h a n d it's trw right now FISH : !ha t in R&R? P r pleased ( p r 'new wave ' transcend s Very 1 punk ev-s r rock all ) Smiv} lh take `: m we were^_' ! Roll ha s people drs Flamingo c reflectio n dressing r the music , mentality ; such a sh e thing . Wh y is that i i out tonig} something , FISH : Be I need any c musician s or go to ] CP : Yes!! ! Itwas 3a ] become Th I hated th e FISH : D o Better ye Sure , end of ro( the same ] FISH : Wo u CP : Yeah , 1970 . Wh e gone . Wh e their or i pointmen t FISH : Wh o into lis t CP : Still

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FISH : What was your first band ? C .P The Eggs was the first band I was ever in . Never been asked tha t : question before, by the way . FISH : Reviews? good, bad, indifferent? Have they effected your musica l direction ? C .P : Yeah . Especially with the second 45 . Right now I'm being tagged as a T er artist ; which is like being a minor league ball player . And I fee l it . So the next 45's doing to br two originals . "Phantom Train" and a second original which I hope Eddie O'brian will co-write . FISH : Local hands . be honest ; who's gonna ruin ? C .P : I would have said the Reactions before they broke up . A great romantic hard pop band . Th :ir music, their lyrics . People wom " t believe it, bu t it's tru . . One of the top 50 bands in the world . The Eat are a succes s _nmouunumoununuuonmmunouunnuuouuuuuuouununocughunble opinion . right now , in ='style' or fashio n FISH : rII-sat aboi_ ' . "pleased or dis in R&R? Are ,o .l Ewith the labe l pleased(proud or no t Have we finall y 'new wave' or'eunk'': transcended beyond " passe ? . All tha t =-labels Very proud of th e _me was good, tru e punk ever meant t o lit's like Patt i rock an roll . To me created it, let' s SmI h -sic 'w e _Perhaps she kne w take i t ;aver . " Eanything new . Roc k we weren't making S do with the wa y Roll has something to g =clothes stores lik e people dress . Go into E Flamingo or what have o you . It's a and the Ants mak e reflection . Now, Adam E E important than dressing more living legen d o the music . Like the ANick Adams fo r mentality ; idolizing E 6It's a. shallo w such a short career . E people are sayin g thing . What the o "important to go is that it' s =neat-it mean s out tonight, kinda E something . = Charlie . Do you FISH : Be honest, Eup of loca l need any current line- i decided to tour musicians if you = New york ? or go to London o r S never go by myself . E CP : Yes!!! I would E idea, that the band It was harry !lliot's E Band . H e become The Charli e n ~umBonuounuonnunuuouuuuuuop onuuomumuoumuuwc- !Pickett hated the name eggs . FISH : Do you believe a name record label would sign you from S . Florida ? Better yet, does it take going to L .A . or New York, tomake it ? CPL Sure, if we're good enough . I don't really know much about the busines s end of rock and roll . \o, in N .Y . or L .A . you're selling sound . You soun d the same here as anywhere else . We'd like g o someday, sure . FISH : Would you describe yourself as (perhaps) a musical 'anachronism' ? - yeah, but I'm trying to move on . To develop the music that died i n 1970 . Where the Rolling Stones should have gone . Where Creedence could have gone . Where Lou Reed didn't go . The Stones could ' , ve gone much deeper int o their original music instead of skimming the ra . And talk about disappointment?! Lou Reed lost all of his intenseness after his earlier work . FISH : Who's your dream girl? Give us the top three or, un to ten if you'r e into lists ! CI) : Still the same as in high school, actually ; 1) Pam Jessa 2) Kathy Sess a
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and 3) Dorianne Reis . FISH : Rock clubs . What pisses you off? How about Tampa's Cuban Club? Ar e you mad that there's so much (too much) restriction on 'originals' bands ? CP : Oh, the same things which make everyone else angry . The owners know that they can fill a club with a garbage cover band . I heartily dislik e the 'giving thing' type of club mentality that panders to the fantasti c fashionable genre . Why don't people dance as opposed to staring worship fully at the bands? The Tampa club is great, I just wished that peopl e danced more . FISH : Exposure? The rock press ? CP : Everyone loves rave reviews, sure . And seeing themselves in print ; that's only human . I don't particularly care to read reviews . How do you translate from one media to another? You can't really write about somethin g you heard . The reviewer says "he sang great, he played great" . It's a personel peeve and I loathe record reviews . You simply can't conv,' what yo u heard on the record . A perfect example : how to convey 'Anarchy in the U .K .' ? By saying "it's very energetic??!!" That's pure irony ! FISH : How did the local Dania boy decide he could 'make it' in the rock and . roll world? Inspirations? The Mascaro mystique? How much or how little di d Robert Mascaro (former Cichlids' manager-ed .) have to do with your direction ? CP : I'm not sure I can come up with the out-front answer you perhaps want . T fortunate to have gotten where I have and I wouldn't be surprised if i t stopped tomorrow . Robert and I have been friends for years . We talked and complained about music for years . All through the 70's drudge, we didn' t know what was wrong . Then, we got the CBGB's first compilation album . Th e Tough Darts summed up what was wrong with rock and roll by playing "All Fo r The Love Of Rock And Roll'which was essentially "Route 56 ." And this wa s 1976! Mascaro wanted to do music . My junior year of high school, in 1970 , Pobert Mascaro showed me four chords .. I was in a play at the time calle d "The Impossible Years" and had lots of spare time between rehearsals . FISH : The 45 cover formats . Who's idea? Then, what's next ? CP : Ted or Walter's, I frankly forget . The constant color combo? It was kind a co-idea really . What's the nerit project after the third single? I don' t know . Maybe a live ablum ; maybe a studio album . Mostly, we're just trjin g to focus on the next single . . But if I were to do an album I'd rather i t were live cause we could do more covers . I want to do'Shake Some Action ' so bad I can taste it . On a live album we could get away with more, you know ? FISH : The sessions, Charlie . g ould you really rather play the guitar part s yourself, than go to the trouble of teaching what you want to the lates t guys in the band's line up ? CP : It's just a question of . . . in the studio one player can play severa l tracks . Ok, it's really which player plays the tracks that are right fo r each particular song . For instance : Johnny Sultan plays a great bluesy lea d guitar that I wouldn't be able to play in five years . But, I play rhyth m guitar on the records? Confront the obvious . If it's that important Barr y Elliott played on 'Feeling .' I played all the guitar on "White Light Whit e Heat' . Barry played all guitar on 'If This is Love' . I played all all guita r on 'Slow Death' . It only makes sense . Since I know what I want and can do it myself, quicker, why bother to teach someone all the fucking parts?

FISH : Do abilitie s CP : Sure . it, to t o mate roe s realis e unique mu Some guy s chords an deep can I'm jus t Rock and reflect h differen t chines an . ISH : Gi r comes t o CP : As a n FISH : Bo t CP' Mela n of chara c over al l she put s the way . . sure . Sh e the pres s ing the f But, the r way mor e a great s Slick pro laughs i n plays sl i class . Ma somebod y How man y Patti S m TISH : Th e you eve r failed, w ment? Se t period ? CP : No . I what I t r FISH : Wo u CP : I can up at co l band I wa

Ls ? FISH : Do you think 'half asked' musician is a fair analoen of your cap .abilities? And then to am%s such a follow 'neg . . . CP : Sure . I so nothing unique . Why is not relevant . I don't rorr .y abou t to tell the truth . People want to have fun on Saturday night . Legitimate roocand roll, boy-girl, bla bla . It's fun music and I hope peopl e realise (I guess they do) and come to see us play . I don't generally like unique music . I like American folk music, .which to me spells rock and roll . Some guys want to go deep into expanding the width of rock and roll wit h chords and synthisizers . I want to expand explore the depth . Like, ho w deep can you go?! Look what John Fomarty did with 'dorm on the Bayou . ' I'm just not interested in music which sounds like machines or factories . Rock and Roll is the definitive american folk music . Human . And it shoul d reflect humaness . Not just "everybody around me is a machine but I' m different and lonely . Look at the Britieh thing ; the voices sound like r: u .chines and they try to sound as such , ISH : Girls in rock? Come on now . You are an ace iconoclastic when i t comes to women . Who are the girls you admire in music ? CP : As an artist? Or who would I like to jump in bed with ? FISH : Both, Chuck ; and give us the det Us . CP : Melanie, for having the guts to sing with that voice and putting a lo t character into her songs .Gebbie Cichlid ; she's a great song writer an d over all personality . Just like Springsteen, she writes, she entertains , she puts herself into all of her songs . I did not have a crush on her, b y the way . . .Debbie Harry for having the guts . S'-la stands up will under pressure . She was strong enough to b e the pressure cooker and withstanding the fame of the whole group . But, there's more legitimate ones ; way more legitimate . Janis Joplin , a great super blues lady . Grac e Slick provided us with a lot o f laughs in the press . Bonnie Rait t plays slide guitar that is worl d class . Marianne Faithful? I thin k somebody stood her up to the mike . How many songs did she write ? Patti Smith of course . Always . FISH : The future, Charlie? Wil l you ever stop playing? If all els e failed, world you go into management? Settle for college? Settle , period ? CP : No . I'll always play the guitar . With anybody, anytime, jamming . It' s what I truly enjoy most . FISH : Wouldn't you rather be playing baseball ? CP : can do both . I played guitar in the garage eJ.tr I'enry Lindahl, and up at college by myself on slide . It's what I like . The Eggs were the firs t band I was ever in . I've never been asked that before .

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THE GUN CLUB "FIRE OF LOVE" (RUB Y LP)--- The Gun Club play a mixtur e of L .A . thrash, New Orlean s voodo, delta blues, and American psychobilly . How bout X mee t Creedence Clearwater Revival? I t comes off rather well, althoug h they do occasionally stretc h things out a bit too long for m y tastes . Most interesting gimmic k of the month : TttiO slide guitar'sts t Watch out Charlie! Neat cover .t-")? J EY P,LES3 IN GAZA "CAUGHT I N FLUX (CHERRY REF = )--. Eyeless in Gaza's premier d,, :.bl e LP represents fine efforts simplifying the mu.cal approache s of the "post mode . ist' schoo l (such a music predicted by Jo y Division and Echo) . indeed, Eyeles s merely punctuates their song s with the "is it psye'e'elic ' guitar one hears in band s '.ke Echo and Wah . The darkness Is merely a prelude here to confirm life , whatever hope that is but th e bands approach is so firm , tangible that the philosophy mus t be valid . This "trust step' ma y also apply to t -e lyrics, whic h cre hard to make out rsnctly bu t judging by the vocalist's abilit y to strain in just such a way . . . we believe them . The material o n the album is all very satisfying , in the way than : YMG's "Final Day " captured the t;ewilderment, th e innocence of an age r ften mistaken for simple . Recommended . (Adam Klein)
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THRORRTNG GRISTLE"GREATES T HITS" (ROUGH TRADELP)--- No w that the legacy is over thi s compilation LP will probably giv e Throbbing Gristle the commercia l success that's been denied to them . AOR stations are sure to play i t to death and I'm sure that cove r story in Rolling Stone won't b e long to follow . OK . . . ENOUGH . . . I haven't lost my mind yet . Actually this is alot more listenable than what I had expected,gtill it's not for everyone . Dance music for lobotomise d paraplegics . Play it for you r neighbors, they'll never look a t you the same . (BOZ )

FIRE ENGINES (FAST AMERIC A LP)--- The Fire Engines featur e agressive and fast guitars tha t spiral off and explode in al l directions . Raunchy guitars g o apeshit! This American LP consist s of their two British singles plu s material from their mostl y instrumental mini-LP, " Lubricat e Your Living Room" . Congradulation s to Rough Trade for making thi s available in the U .S .A . (BOZ )

DELTA 5 "SEE THE WHIRL! " (PRE LP)---- After four fine generally ignored classic singles , we finally have a Delta 5 LP . This is a new refined sound whic h was hinted at previously . There' s less emphasis on the heavy fun k beat, instead more attentio n is placed on those lovely voices , and the songs themselves . Th e addition of horns is a pleasan t touch, as it was on the Teardro p Explodes LP . I understand tha t their live sound is more raw and danceable, but since I live i n Miami I'll probably never be abl e to find out for myself . A n enjoyable LF to listen to . (BOZ)

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JOEBOY "JOEBOY IN ROTTERDAM/ SAN _ FRANCISCO"(BACKSTREET/BACKL AS H LP) . . . Music without moments . Rather a sparse and disturbing drag through a despair so poten t as to be terrorizing . Something o f an organ grinders dirge on side A is sticking . A careless and distorted pomp full of curiousity an d suspicion . Yes, suspicion, i n particular, distorts what would b e a gratifying "Urban Leisure" . What is that snippet of filth-tal k at the start of this? Finally Wil d Boys is a utopian tale told throug h the spliced documentary, injecte d persona flashback formula and i t works well . Ilove this record Worth hearing!(Adam Klein)

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(feLYDOR DOUBLE7")--- The :reatures are Siouxsie Sioux an d Budgie, drummer for the Banshees . This double EP consists . of 5 tunes , lust vocals and drums . It's a ful l and rhythmic sound ; tribal, exoti c and quite danceable . An interesting experiment that works well . (BOZ )

'NAKED SKINNIES "ALL MYLI"rt" / 'THIS T i; T-1E: BEAII'PTFUT, n1GH'1' " (CAKED HOLD , : 7") -- - This recor d was sent to me py TKA, the edito r of The Offense, a great zine fro m Columbus . well . ., leave it to m y idiot mailman who managed to ben d this record in order to make i t fit in my mailbox . After a desperat e atte'.wt at trying to unbend it, I got it to play once before I ha d to send it to the scrapeyard . Al l I can remember was that "All M y Life" started out slow an d gradually built up in momentium . The singer kept repeating somethin g that vaguely reminded . me of Ia n Curtis ("I rut <<y trust in you . . . in you . . .in you . . . " ) . My initia l impression was favorable . I f interested send 2 to Naked Hous e Records, 1585 N . High St . , Columbus, Ohio 43201 . (EOZ )

2,J ORDER "FROG^:-SION"/"EVERYTHING' S _;JNE GREEN" (-ACTORY 7 " ) - e- Ne w order continue their break fro m the past . "Procession" begins wher e "Ceremony" left off . The guita r is not as prominent, however th e overall eff , ct is more fluent, a beautifully textured blend o f sound . More positive and upliftin g than anything by Joy Division . "Everything's Gone Green" feature s ar. Ian Curtis like vocal . Personall y I find the synthesizer somewha t overbearing, it :teems to throw th e songs chemistry slightly off wack , but heck, I'm only knitpicking . If I had to make a choice for a single of the month column thi s would be it . (BOZ )

Te: LYRES (ACE OF HEARTS 12" EP) --- Good 1960's influenced garag e music . No w,mny retreads here! Th e Lyres actually have the arroganc e and conviction to make it work . Tt is record's got it all ; nast y vocals, cheesy organ . parts , biting guitar breaks, all performe d in true 1966 raveup abandon al a the Sonics or Remains(you can fil l in your own favorite) . at ver y ori g inal but who cares . (BOZ )

FLIFYER "h rf "/"LOVE CANA__ " ( CETERH .ANEAN 7" )haw an d dangerous music fro- L .A . e warned this isn't your typica l L .A . heavy metal on speed slam , it's slower with a touch of th e avant garde(?) . Flipper don' t play their instruments, the y attack them . The picture sleev e has to be seen to be believed . (HOZ)

,"s: P TG SONAI IiY('G1L. . . . 7" . , Fersonality r s 3 sore max i le is an great record . I t is one of the best "recorded " local singles and the songs ar e rood as well . Th e y range from th e Flow, "shat I Lost" to "CaturdaY " , a fast Orange Juice type song . Buy this, you're supposed t o like it . (Kevin)

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3 SONG FLEXI SINGLE) ..- .- Prett y good but still disappointing . Primitive Romance are capable o f more . Perhaps it's the soun d quality of the flexi . The urgenc y of their live performance seem s to be missing . Maybe they'll ge t Steve Lillywhite to produce thei r LP . How's that for a rumour? (BOZ )

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BILLY IDOL "MONY MONY"/"BABY TALK " (CHRYSALIS 7")_-- Old punks don' t die they just beco .ne more annoying . At the end of Bab ;; Talk" Bill y Idol sings, " don't sttp . . . .th e punk rock . . .red hot . . .can't sto p the punk rock ." I think I'm gonn a be sick! Actually this wil l probably be Billy's first America n Top 40 hit . Why? Because he sound s like Pat Benatar . (BOZ )

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