My Generation

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

My Generation

Hi, 7; I am a hardcore motherfucker. I.jolly well don’t care a bean about anything. I smoke lots and lots of pot and drink lots of booze. I like listening to grunge rock bands like the Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam and Motley Crue, and hardcore heavy metal bands such as Pantera and Megadeath. When I listen to this sort of music I like to jump around and nod my head really fast until my brain hurts. When I go to :concerts at the Powerstation, sometimes I like to jump up on stage and wave my arms around so everyone sees me and realises how cool I am. Yesterday, Mummy asked me to dry the dish-

es for her and I said: ‘Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me,’ and didn’t dry them until she threatened to smack me. I think maybe the reason I’m such a wild, freaky guy is because of my hard upbringing. My family lived in the poorer part of Remuera for three years and had to do without many things. My father used to shout at me sometimes and one time he even hit me, right on the hand! All my friends, or ‘brothers from the gutter’, as I call them, have had really tough lives and none of us take any bloody fuckin’ shit from anyone. Craig ‘fuck you I won’t do what you tell me’ Taylor, Drury.