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SUPERDOPE #7 – 1994

My scanning of SUPERDOPE fanzine, which I used to write and put out myself back in the 1990s, continues apace. Here’s the lone issue that came out in 1994, SUPERDOPE #7. It was a small digest-sized mag centered around two in-person interviews I did with the bands Doo Rag andVirginia Dare. The interviews are then followed by a few book reviews and then a whole mess of record reviews. 

I can’t say that I’ve spent a whole lot of time listening to either Doo Rag or Virginia Dare since then, but hey, that’s where my 26-yr-old head was in 1994, and I still like ‘em both. Around this time I was also “running” a small record label called WOMB; you can see on the back of this ‘zine the ad I made for the Monoshock 45 I put out. A few months after this came out, Anthony from Past It Records and I put out a Demolition Doll Rods 45 as well, and that was the end of Womb Records.

Turned out it was pretty much the end of Superdope fanzine, as well – at least for four years. In 1998, I came back and published one final issue of the magazine. Alas, it’s the only one I still have any copies of anymore, and if you’re interested in it, this post provides some details on how to order it. #7, the one I’m posting here – well, I’m afraid you’ll have to scour the fanzine aftermarket. Or just download it here

DOWNLOAD Superdope #7 (1994)

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My scanning of SUPERDOPE fanzine, which I used to write and put out myself back in the 1990s, continues apace. I’ve already scanned the previous six issues, which were published 1991-1993, and you can download and read each of them here. Here’s the lone issue that came out in 1994, SUPERDOPE #7. It was a small digest-sized mag centered around two in-person interviews I did with the bands Doo Rag and Virginia Dare. The interviews are then followed by a few book reviews and then a whole mess of record reviews. 

Nineteen years later, it seems to read pretty well. I can’t say that I’ve spent a whole lot of time listening to either Doo Rag or Virginia Dare since then, but hey, that’s where my 26-yr-old head was in 1994, and I still like ‘em both. Around this time I was also “running” a small record label called WOMB; you can see on the back of this ‘zine the ad I made for the Monoshock 45 I put out. A few months after this came out, Anthony from Past It Records and I put out a Demolition Doll Rods 45 as well, and that was the end of Womb Records.

Turned out it was pretty much the end of Superdope fanzine, as well – at least for four years. In 1998, I came back and published one final issue of the magazine. Alas, it’s the only one I have any copies of anymore, and if you’re interested in it, this post provides some details on how to order it. #7, the one I’m posting here – well, I’m afraid you’ll have to scour the fanzine aftermarket. Or just download it here

DOWNLOAD Superdope #7 (1994)

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Thought I’d dash off another radio show/podcast for you to make sure your week was stacked with fantastic tuneage from the underground….this one’s just over an hour, and is Edition #11 of theDynamite Hemorrhage Radio Podcast, which is streamable and downloadable at the links below. Somehow I jammed 25 songs into 60+ minutes; some of ‘em are dumb, some of ’em are fast, some of them are edifying and artful and totally mind-expanding. Some may blow you from here into the next century. If that happens, please let me know, OK?

Download Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio Podcast #11 here.
Stream Dynamite Hemorrhage Radio Podcast #11 here.

Track listing:

ZODIAC KILLERS – Kamikaze Attack
CLAW HAMMER – Sick Fish Belly Up
FERAL BEAT – Feral Beat
THE VICTIMS – Perth is a Culture Shock
GORILLA – Vein Popper
DOG-FACED HERMANS – Fortune
COME – Dead Molly
PAMELA – I’m Nobody (Cold Shoulder)
PUSSY GALORE – Biker Rock Loser
MIKA MIKO – Sex
SILVER DAGGERS – Joy
VELVET MONKEYS – Everything Is Right
PRISSY CLERKS – Death Wish
WILD BILLY CHILDISH & THE MUSICIANS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE – He’s Making a Tape
THE MINDERS – Chatty Patty
FRANKIE’S CREW – Somebody
KAREN VERROS – You Just Gotta Know My Mind
THINKING FELLERS UNION LOCAL 282 – Tell Me
THE OSCARS – Limited Offer
SIN 34 – Nuclear War
X – Home Is Where The Floor Is
THE BRIDES – Get To You
THE MOTARDS – Yo Heart Mexico
DOO RAG – Engine Bread
EDIBLE ARRANGEMENTS – Catholic Quilt 


Download our past shows – each about an hour:

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This is Issue #7 of the fanzine I used to put out in the 90s called SUPERDOPE. This one’s from 1994; I took a four year break after this one, and came back with a final issue in early 1998. 

DOO RAG don’t necessarily wear well with 18 years of hindsight, but at the time they’d just been through San Francisco and played three shows, all of which I saw. What a hoot. I mean, there was a guy named Thermos in the band, and it was the right time for a band to play twisted, fact-paced delta-slide blues on vacuum cleaners and cardboard boxes. 

I’ll try to scan the entire magazine and post it here and on The Hedonist Jive soon.