This is from an old Metal magazine from 86, called RIP that we found whilst doing a huge resort of the record collection today! Also featured interviews with Lemmy, Ozzy and Metallica, along with a piece on speed metal called “Shagheads Meet the Mowhawks.” Sorry bout the goofy scan, I am just figuring out this newfangled website thing!

This post is coming a bit late for SF folks, but HJERTESTOP, the latest punk heartthrob from Copenhagen, Denmark, are on tour in the US right now. They played the Knockout last night but I only saw a few songs before leaving to catch the last train home. What I saw was good though. Check out their myspace here or better yet, go out and see them.

And what blog post would be complete without a YouTube video?

Tour Dates courtesy Fashionable Idiots records:
April 10- Richmond, CA @ Burnt Ramen w/ NN, Migraine, Duck & Cover
April 11- Bakersfield, CA @ Munoz Gym w/ Human Mess
April 12- Long Beach, CA @ Di Piazza’s w/ Broken Patterns, Tipper’s Gore, the Impostors, Bad Man
April 13- San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe w/ Cold Stare, OK
April 14- Tempe, AZ @ the Slurp w/ Dead Friends, Prosthetics, Pigeon Religion
April 15- Tucson, AZ @ the HangArt w/ Chainsaw Justice, Full Blown Aids, Vanish Twin
April 16- Austin, TX @ Beerland w/ Deskonocidos, the Altars
April 17- Denton, TX
April 18- Houston, TX @ the Mink w/ Something Fierce, No Talk
April 19- New Orleans, LA @ Saturn Bar w/ American Cheeseburger, Thou, Necrohippies, Mania
April 20- Atlanta, GA @ Wonderroot Community Center w/ GG King, Bukkake Boys, Predator
April 21- Raliegh, NC @ the Pit w/ Logic Problem, Plague
April 22- Richmond, VA @ Alley Katz w/ Government Warning, Wasted Time, No Excuse, Dry Spell
April 23- College Park, MD @ WMUC w/ Government Warning, Sick Fix, No Minion
April 24- New Brunswick, NJ @ America w/ Killin’ It, Fleshtemple, Shit Fit, Wet Brain\April 25- NYC @ ABC No Rio w/ Ism, Guilt Trip, Dawn of Humans (EARLY)
April 25- Brooklyn, NY @ The Charleston w/ Kontatto, Absurd System, Perdition (LATE)
April 26- Cambridge, MA @ Democracy Center w/ Libyans, Peace Creeps, Dry Hump
April 27- Albany, NY @ Valentine’s w/ Anal Warhead, Bare Bones, Pointblank
April 28- Bethlehem, PA @ Above Ground Audio Labs w/ Fresh Meat, Middle America, Force Fed
April 29- Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Roboto Project w/ Brain Handle, Virgin Birth
April 30- Buffalo, NY w/ Brown Sugar
May 1- Cleveland, OH @ Now Thats Class w/ Horrible Fest
May 2- Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen w/ Crude, Unit 21, Closing In
May 3- Milwaukee, WI @ the Dipping Station w/ Holy Shit, Mountian Asleep, Bored Straight
May 4- Minneapolis, MN @ Memory Lanes w/ Question, Sinks, Animals & Beasts
May 6- Des Moines, IA @ Haunted Basement
May 7- Kansas City, MO @ the Church w/ Dark Ages
May 8- Lawerance, KS @ Replay Lounge
May 9- St Louis, MO
May 11- Austin, TX @ Club 1808 w/ Deskonocidos
May 12- Tempe, AZ @ the Slurp w/ Deskonocidos
May 13- Los Angeles, CA @ The Boulevard Cafe w/ Deskonocidos
May 14- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 15- Richmond, CA @ Burnt Ramen w/ Peligro Social, Born/Dead, Destino Final, Deskonocidos
May 16- San Francisco, CA @ Balazo w/ Peligro Social, TVE, Deskonocidos
May 17- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 18- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 19- tba w/ Deskonocidos
May 20- Forth Worth, TX w/ Destino Final, Deskonocidos
May 21- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival
May 22- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival
May 23- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival
May 24- Austin, TX @ Chaos in Tejas Festival

You may have caught the interview of this rad Dutch band in the February issue of MRR (#309) — if you didn’t, check out the back issues page to get yourself one.
Here they are playing in Utrecht in 1981.
If you are blown away and want more, a beautiful gatefold discography just came out on PollyMagoo Records.

Sedition – “Police Story”

So I thought I’d get the blog rolling and try to work out how to post stuff for you guys… Hopefully there’s a clip of one of my favorite Scottish bands: Sedition doing an absolutely ripping cover of the Partisans “Police Story”. This came out in the early 90′s and I still don’t know why this band aren’t bigger. I have heard they got back together for a benefit show at the end of the month. I was lucky enough to see them in ’94 and they turned up in kilts with bones through their noses and slayed everyone….. more to come……

Oh, yes, changes are afoot here at MRR. Perhaps you’ve noticed the new look of the website? Well, don’t get too used to it because we’ll be changing it again. We won’t tell you when, or too much about its content because we don’t wanna jinx it. But if you, dear reader, are interested in becoming a virtual shitworker for the MRR website, shoot an email to webzine {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com to volunteer. We’ll need some seriously grunty gruntwork, like data entry, mining the web for old record cover art, transcribing old issues, etc. And if you’re interested in being a Maximumrocknroll blogger, send us a sample of/link to your work and we’ll get back to you. Watch for blogs from the MRR columnists you already know and love in the very near future. Welcome, one and all, and please keep us bookmarked, rss’ed, etc…