Ugly Things
Issue #46
On the cover this time: THE EQUALS the dynamic multi-racial London group famous for songs like "Baby Come Back" and "Police on My Back," but whose catalog runs much deeper, as the lengthy interview with lead singer DERV GORDON explains. Also featured this issue, Curt Boettchers innovative folk-pop group THE GOLDEBRIARS, Southern California biker rock badass SIMON STOKES, THE BYRDS, THE BALLOON FARM (A Question of Temperature), pre-Dictators 70's rockers TOTAL CRUDD, Harvey Kuberniks examination of BOB DYLAN's John Wesley Harding album (which turns 50 in December), occult rocker GEOF CROZIER, Texas-to-California garage rockers THE VISIONS, New Jersey's MODS and the mysterious Revelation VII label, and a mad interview with the late, great CAPTAIN BEEFHEART. Also the 12 "rejected" tracks from Lenny Kaye's original NUGGETS compilation, plus the FLAMIN GROOVIES saga continues into the "Shake Some Action" years, and of course there's the acclaimed, info-packed reissue and book review sections.