Play “spot the shitworker” with this video featuring local heroes and long time MRR shite-workers Young Offenders! Apparently this is the “official” video — wonder what the unofficial one looks like? Oo-er missus!

Crime (photo by Brian Dooley)

Shellshag (photo by Brian Dooley)

Love Songs (photo by Brian Dooley)

Young Offenders (photo by Brian Dooley)

Big thanks to Dooley for these. Send your pics from the San Francisco’s Doomed fest to
webzine {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com

I can’t believe no one has written about how fucking killer last weekend was! Sure, I have been to bigger fests with more people, and ones with higher profile bands, but those 5 days were all about the fucking Bay, and it totally ruled! Much respect to the folks at Thrillhouse and the hapless shitworkers who busted ass to set up nearly a dozen shows at venues and locations all over the City.

Descarados (photo by Paul Curran)

Friday night at Thee Parkside, the only night that leaned heavily on out of town bands, was fucking scorching! Full disclosure, my band played as well, but there can be no doubt that LA/Chicago band DESCARADOS brought the house down, while LA bands SEND THE DOGS and RAYOS X and PDX punks ADELITAS blew everyone’s minds! Of course, the Bay Area’s N.N. did not disappoint either. But what did disappoint loads of punks in attendance? LA Raw Ponx TUBERCULOSIS were not able to play the show. As a consolation to those in attendance, and a taste of the night for those not lucky enough to make it to SF last weekend, here’s the TUBERCULOSIS demo for your listening pleasure…and up the punks.

Tuberculosis demo

Take pictures at shows? Have a 20 year old box of band photos? We wanna see them! Maximum Rocknroll is putting together a photo issue. Here’s how to be part of it…

Teengenerate @ Fireside Bowl, Chicago, IL (photo by icki)

Photo Submission Guidelines:

• Send up to 10 pictures.
• We accept digital files and prints.
• If you send prints and want them back, PLEASE PROVIDE A SASE!!! Otherwise prints will not be returned. Prints should be no larger than 8×10. Send all prints to MRR, ATTN: Photo Issue.
• Digital files should be 10” at the longest side, at 300dpi. Please only send JPGs or TIFFs. You can email the files to Mark Murrmann at the email address below. You may also send a CD/DVD of images to MRR, ATTN: Photo Issue.
• All photos should be in black & white. If you submit color photos, we will convert them to black & white.
• Bands in the photos should fall within MRR’s area of coverage.
• Please provide as much caption information as you can with the photos. At the very least we need: the name of the band (or who is in the photo), when it was taken, where (city, state, country) and who took it. Include this information in the IPTC fields of the photos, or on a separate piece of paper/word document.

Make sure to include an email address at which you can be contacted, and a street address so we can send a copy of the magazine to you, if your photos are included.

Questions? Don’t hesitate to ask. Know someone you think would make for a good interview subject for the photo issue? Get in touch!

Due date for submissions is October 1, 2009.

Email your photos to: markmurrmann {at} gmail(.)com

Maximum Rocknroll
ATTN: Photo Issue
PO Box 460760
San Francisco, CA 94146-0760
USA

MRR magazine #316 (Sept ‘09) features killer cover art courtesy of Guillem of Barcelona’s DESTINO FINAL, and an epic interview with classic crusters AMEBIX, from their recent US tour… There’s an interview with Oakland’s own BORN/DEAD, one with an Australian hardcore band MEATLOCKER, and some more heavy hardcore with Florida’s DIVISIONS. We got a European tour diary from Chilean punkers ALTERCADO, and a feature on the three day hardcore punk party that is the No Way Fest. There’s the buzzsaw pop-punk of SOMETHING FIERCE from Houston, and MUTATING MELTDOWN, who are continuing the Austin lady-made art punker tradition… There’s a Lance Hahn feature on Crass Records’ poet in residence Nick Toczek, an interview with Isy from the Cowley Club, an anarchist community center and show space in Brighton, UK, as well as an Albany scene report, and a piece on Albany’s teenage dirtbags ANAL WARHEAD. All of this plus the usual columns, news, movies, books, and the most extensive record review section in punk!

Go to our BACK ISSUES page to order this issue.

“Yeah no joke. Fucked up. Words kind of fail me. Both stage monitors, three power amps, ALL of our mics, xlr cables, direct in boxes, the sound board itself, ALL of it has been STOLEN. We’re looking at 8 to 10 thousand dollars worth of equipment fucking gone.

The plus side is shows WILL go on. We’ve been through too much already this year to let this even possibly end the Che Cafe. If you’re scheduled to play and are concerned please reply or get in touch with the person that has booked your show.

Please repost and spread the word. Its a beyond fucked up situation and we’re going to need help in getting everything back up to normal. If anyone hears anything, your friend suddenly has a sweet PA, sound system, plethora of mics and cables or notice what is probably our equipment on ebay or craigslist, etc, please please please contact us. Specifically:
Mackie 16 Channel 1604 VLZ Pro
2 X QSC RMX 1450
1 X QSC RMX 2450

Fuck you to whatever piece of garbage broke in and ransacked the place. A police report has been filed. This problem will be solved.”

This is bad news! Che Cafe is an all volunteer run collective space that has been putting on all ages shows in San Diego for decades-if you know anything or can help em out click the link below

http://checafe.ucsd.edu/

Hey check out the new episode of Mondo Vision,  featuring three of my favorite current bands: Tuberculosis from South Central LA, XYX from Monterrey Mexico and Brilliant Colors from San Francisco. Mondo Vision is a great video scene report, usually covering bands from the Bay Area, but with the agenda of inspiring kids to make their own scene and document it! DIY or DIE!

This fest is a benefit for MRR and for a new all-ages show space that is being set up in San Francisco.

All shows are $5, start at 8pm and are all ages, unless noted.

Wednesday 12th of August

MRR Shitworker Show
Balazo/Sub-Mission/2183 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Nodzzz / Younger Lovers / Rank Xerox / Year One / Fugitive Kind/ Robocop 3 / Celine Dion/ Awesomes

Thursday 13th of August

The Knockout/3223 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110 (21+)
Skin Like Iron / Never Healed / Airfix Kits / Young Offenders / Dirty Cupcakes

Balazo/Sub-Mission/2183 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Parasites Go! (last show ever) / Yankee Kamikaze / Culture Kids / Mutoid Men

Thee Parkside / 1600 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94107 / 9pm
Trainwreck Riders / Fucking Buckaroos / Gunner

Friday 14th of August

Tire Beach, a.k.a. Toxic Beach, a.k.a. Warm Water Cover / end of 24th st at the bay / 5pm (free / bring donation$)
Mother Of Fire (from N CA. ex County Z/ Rotten Living) / Dirty Marquee (members of Shotwell/Black Rainbow/Blonde Ambition) / Mutoid Men from Olympia, WA…fucked up spazzy punk with members of the Pharmacy, Shorebirds and Jawbreaker

Annnie’s Social Club / 917 Folsom St. @ 5th. St., San Francisco, CA 94107 / 5pm (21+)
Bad Friends / Complaints / Keeners

Balazo/Sub-Mission / 2183 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
The Bananas / Underground Railroad To Candyland / Love Songs / Shang-A-Lang / RVIVR

Kimo’s / 1351 Polk St, San Francisco, CA 94109 (21+)
Stoner Rock show featuring Flood and Pigs and extra special surprise guests!

Thee Parkside / 1600 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94107 / 9pm
NN / Descarados / Adelitas / Rayos X / Tuberculosis / Send The Dogs / Conquest For Death

Saturday 15th of August

29th St House / 84 29th Street, San Francisco, CA / 2pm
Here Comes A Big Black Cloud / Stoned At Heart / Shang-A-Lang / Street Justice / Crimewave

Balazo/Sub-Mission / 2183 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
Capitalist Casualties / Voetsek / Conquest for Death / Population Reduction / Acts of Sedition / Acephalix

Thee Parkside/1600 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94107 / 9pm
Screaming Females / Shellshag / 50 Million / Kreamy ‘Lectric Santa / The Reaction

Sunday 16th of August

At Balazo/Sub-Mission / 2183 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 / $7
CRIME / Wild Thing / Primitivas / Contaminators / Lou Lou and the Guitarfish

Adult small is the only size left… get it on our merch page here.

AND… There’s still time to send in an entry for the Maximum Rocknroll T-shirt competition. Judging is Thursday the 6th, so email your hi-res (300 dpi) image to mrr {at} maximumrocknroll(.)com for consideration. Dress the punks, win a subscription and a shirt of your design!