In honor of our 700th post, I thought I would break out something from the 'zine vault. This interview comes from BUT STILL I'M JUST SAYIN' zine, which came out of Huntington Beach in what I'd guess was 1995 or 1996.
Battle lines were drawn. It was very clear to everyone that you were either WITH the infamous Monster Crew, or you were AGAINST them. Being old now, I "get" it. But then, I didn't understand where the animosity came from.
But, it wasn't JUST the Monster Crew that got hated on. I remember walking down the street in Newport Beach on 4th of July, to be heckled by Jim Brown with "yeeeeaaaaah what's up, VEEEEEGAAAAN REIIIIIIIICH?"
Anyway, this is a documentation of a crank call with James Hart by members of the crew that hung around 1134, Blackspot, etc. Judging by his responses, it seems legit to me.
Also, I hope these guys got an A+ in art class for the portrait of James with dreadlocks.
Battle lines were drawn. It was very clear to everyone that you were either WITH the infamous Monster Crew, or you were AGAINST them. Being old now, I "get" it. But then, I didn't understand where the animosity came from.
But, it wasn't JUST the Monster Crew that got hated on. I remember walking down the street in Newport Beach on 4th of July, to be heckled by Jim Brown with "yeeeeaaaaah what's up, VEEEEEGAAAAN REIIIIIIIICH?"
Anyway, this is a documentation of a crank call with James Hart by members of the crew that hung around 1134, Blackspot, etc. Judging by his responses, it seems legit to me.
Also, I hope these guys got an A+ in art class for the portrait of James with dreadlocks.
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9 comments:
Ahhh the memories of these times.
I totally remember doing my own fanzine and calling the hardline kids on their shit, but not naming names. James still got all butt hurt at some show at the Showcase a couple of weeks later but couldn't really defend himself all that well.
Justin
james hart was caught eating a chicken sandwhich in his room at his moms house by his cousin shortly after giving this interview
James hart is also christian now.
Don't take this as hardline defense ... but didn't long distance phone calls still cost a considerable amount of money back then? Couldn't these guys who WANTED TO GIVE SO MUCH TO THE HARDCORE SCENE think of anything better to do with their money than to call and fuck with a 16 year old in order to make themselves seem intelligent? Oh wait, they probably lived at home too and didn't have to worry about the phone bill. Arguing about hardcore through horrible artwork and a lot of extremely witty parenthesis ... who was the actual immature one in this situation?
The But Still Guys weren't from NY. They lived right next to this kid. I'm sure they would've used a phone dialer to call him if it had been long distance anyway. But, fuck, if they did spend $3 to make this phone call it'd be a shame to not have donated it to help save the whales or something instead.
I agree AJ, these But Still fuckers were very immature. They obviously didn't care about the scene.
Just your typical condescending know-it-all "old heads" picking on younger kids to make themselves seem intellectual. Shit is on repeat throughout the history of hardcore. Regretfully for today's current state, people can simply type it on a message board as opposed to having to print it out and hand it to you.
you guys are too serious. it was funny.
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