Mooloo! Mooloo!

Rip It Up, Issue 211, 1 March 1995, Page 8

Mooloo! Mooloo!

Deja-vu! I was reading a festival review by John Russell, and hello, no mention of rock or metal. Last year he wrote a one-eyed piece on Strawberry Fields with no mention of Blackjack or Shihad, and this year his coverage (god help us) of Mountain Rock was damn average. He slagged Shadowplay, who were awesome — it was their final gig, and they blew away a lot of people I know — and he left before Sticky Filth and Blackjack. I heard both were fucking brilliant. When are you going to sack that dick? When are you going to cover these bands? You’ve ignored them completely for long enough. And how about a writer that wants to cover rock and metal? It’s a part of the NZ music scene that you profess to uphold. How about someone who would focus on the music rather than posing or being a wank noter.

There are plenty of people that want to read about these bands and they’re bashing ass sticking to their own stuff. In the Waikato alone there’s some dedicated and very cool bands... Bfortyß, Obsidian, Subliminal Warfare, Psyclops, Blackjack and Knightshade, and what about the Nod? Why don’t you get a Waikato reviewer to cover them? You Aucklanders might get a shock — they’re fucking good! Cut the elitist Auckland wank trip and get back to the music — that’s why your readers pay for your magazine. Yours truthfully, P Crowley, Hamilton.

John Russell replies: If you 'heard' that Blackjack and Sticky Filth were brilliant, that means you left before they played also. Therefore, doesn’t that make you a hypocrite? I made it clear that I left Mountain Rock as I had an early plane to catch, so why would you expect me to review acts that I did not see?