Letters Heavy Criticism

Rip It Up, Issue 214, 1 June 1995, Page 10

Letters

Heavy Criticism

What I’m about to say is going to be almost as straight as David Bowie. I think RipltUp's promotion of New Zealand music is from too much of a heavy metal slant. I'm not saying these bands don’t have talent (I lie), but other bands deserve to be given more credit (more time, more patience while they develop); eg. Tardigrads, King Loser, Guerilla Biscuit. These bands have the talent required to reach better and bigger horizons musically (it helps promoting them). Giving ‘loser’ bands of heavy nature a chance is a waste of time, a waste of life; ie. bands who think a song should sound like a rhinoceros trampling on your head Qust to be noticed) and lyrics are something found on the back of a Weetbix box. These heavy bands will go kurplunk on their heads from playing music, while falling off a cliff. In other words, they create songs that are fucked, crapped nothingness. RipltUp could gain fans by enlightening us (conscious people) with good musical literature; or would I be going as far as to say you don’t want either. I Am the Walrus, Christchurch. PS: Get rid of those fucking ugly models in RipltUp. They don’t promote, they degrade the clothes.