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Valley of the Scum #3 Preview

A quick peek at the latest issue

ValleyoftheScum • Tuesday, May 19, 2009 • 1:38 AM

Valley of the Scum Issue #3

Valley of the Scum is a local zine based in East Mesa. We provide coverage of the local Rock'n'Roll music scene here. Punk, Garage, Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Rock'n'Roll, anything you want. If you're a local band, that can't get coverage from The New Times or any of the other non-existent music press ... holler at us! We don't care how cool you look, how many 'roadies' you have, or who did you hair. We want to Rock'n'Roll. Bop and shout. Plain and simple. Move us and we'll move you. In the pants. Mesa! Tempe! Phoenix! Scottsdale! Glendale! Peoria! Even Apache Junction! If you're in the local Metro-Phoenix area, hit up Valley of the Scum Zine if you want your band's album reviewed, or have some local punk rock news!

What's quickly turning out to be, one of the most amusing sections in Valley of the Scum is the letters section. This month we got quite a few angry letters from local self-proclaimed, "Psychos", which will have you in stitches. No pun intended.

This month we review: DSC (Drug Store Cowboys), Slut Sister, Manual Sex Drive, The Lesser Saints (formerly The Numptys), Stitch Hopeless & The Sea Legs, and Sawyer Family.

Kevin Daly, the brains behind local powerhouse, Grave Danger sits down with us and lays it all out. From drunken orange fights with T.S.O.L., to touring in a Cadillac Ambulence with a keg, and even getting banned from The Marquee Theater, nothing is off limits. Kevin has seen a whole lot of shit go down, in 20 plus years of playing in the Valley culminating in an interview, that you shouldn't fucking miss.

Slime & The Boobytramps are one of the most unique bands playing around Phoenix. Being the true underdogs that they are, we just had to take a closer look at this band! They're rockin' all over town to a very different beat; you'll see what we mean.

A group that has seemingly come out of nowhere, The Naughty Things are working their way up the ranks of the Valley's hottest bands. We had a few beers and a shit load of laughs with Spaz & Kate. What transpired is beyond description; neo-nazi drummers, a name change, local scumbags, and tons of frustration come together to make up an interview unlike any other before.

Plus we've got articles on everything from Father's Day to Ray Finkle! You've got to read it, to get how bat shit insane we really are! It's online and ready to read at www.myspace.com/valleyofthescum

You can pick up an in print version of Valley of the Scum at the following locations:

  • East Side Records (our main drop spot): 217 W University Dr, Tempe - (480) 968-2011
  • Zia Records: 105 W University Dr, Tempe - (480) 829-1967
  • Stinkweeds: 12 W Camelback Rd, Phoenix - (602) 248-9461

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French Surf Rock + Spazz Jams

7pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $6

with L’orchidée D’hawaï--french Surf Rock!, Planets--grindy Diy Art, Freindship & The Fawn--folk Blabla, Secondary--??, Naw Meen--slimey Jam, Haunted Cologne--surf

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Tim Berry @ Yucca

8pm @ Yucca Tap Room • 21+ • Free Show!

with Liar's Handshake, Chip Hanna, Dj Johnny Volume

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NOAH ENGH "the kid fantastic"

10pm @ Sucker Punch Sallys Diner • All Ages • Free Show!

with Noah Engh

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ABE VIGODA

6pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $10

with Lovvers (uk), Tape Deck Mountain, Writer

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Calabrese/ Stellar Corpses

6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10

with Calabrese, Stellar Corpses, Gun Smoke, Howlers, Returners, Slime And The Booby Tramps

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The Bled "Heat Fetish" Record Release

7pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $10

with The Bled, Before You Fled, The So So Glos, The Author

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JUST COME OUT AND PARTY!

7pm @ Shitty T-Pot, The • All Ages • Free Show!

with Sarafan, Sadistic Delusion, Dias Mas Oscuros, Systemaddict Slave, Death Squad, State Leech

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Music @ Judy

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with Bro Dawg Party, Custody Battle, Mouth Of Man, Gay Kiss

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ReVoltReVolt @ the Rogue

9pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $5

with Revoltrevolt, The Dark Hearts, The Bitten, Skin Walkers, Wirefeeder

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CHIP HANNA

10pm @ Sucker Punch Sallys Diner • All Ages • Free Show!

with Chip Hanna

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NO BUNNY

6pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $10

with Earthmen And Strangers, So Cow, Tv Ghost, The Happy Hallows

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Touche Amore @ Nile Underground

6pm @ Underground (Nile Basement), The • All Ages • $7

with Run With The Hunted, Mouth Of Man, Dconscience, Built To Reign

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contradiktion/jack the cat/celebrate nebraska/abraham drinken

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with At The College Dropout In Tempe Az..., Contradikation,, Jack The Cat, Celebrate Nebraska, Abraham Drinken

13
Truck Stop Rock Fest

9pm @ Hollywood Alley • 21+ • $5

with Greenhaven, Antique Scream, Hogjaw, Adam Lee Cogswell

14
Choptops/ Sawyers family

6pm @ Copper State Tavern • All Ages • $10

with Choptops, Sawyer Family, Buried In Red, The Do- Somethings

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Touche Amore @ Skrappy's

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with Touche Amore, Red Son, Ready Resist

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Awful Truth @ Scrappy's

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with Awful Truth, Touche Amore, Busted Bearings, Acies, More

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Red Pony Clock & FUNDERSTORM!

7pm @ Trunk Space • All Ages • $6

with Red Pony Clock--super Cute Big Band Snark Punx., Funderstorm--all Over The Map Jerkout., Man About A Dog--tom Waits Dustcore., Evergreen Medic--shiny Pop Punk., Fatigo--mexi-pop.

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Miss Derringer

8pm @ Hollywood Alley • 21+ • $8

with The Rebel Set, The Cosmeticators, Miss Derringer

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The Slants, The Maxies, Down To! Brass Tacks

8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • $7

with The Slants, Get Down! To Brass Tacks, The Maxies, Snake! Snake! Snakes!, Melted Cassettes, Whqles

15
Cizmarch Maddness @ YOBS 3/13-3/15

7pm @ YOBS (Ye Olde Bike Shop) • All Ages • $5

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Flogging Molly @ Tempe Beach Park

4pm @ Tempe Beach Park • All Ages • Over $30

with Metric, The Bollox, Keltic Cowboys

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nü age show at Revolver Records

7pm @ Revolver Records • All Ages • Donation

with Earn, Infinite Body, Sungsang

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Flogging Molly After Show w/ The Freeze & Liars Handshake

8pm @ Rogue Bar (East) • 21+ • Free Show!

with The Freeze, Liars Handshake, 80*d, Moovalya

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St Patty's Day @ Rogue West

9pm @ Rogue Bar (West) • 21+ • Free Show!

with Tokyo Electron, Becky Lee 7 Drunkfoot, Earthmen And Strangers, Cosmeticators, Dj Mike Genz

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Hiss, bang, crunch, puff and bonk.

Complete West End Crooks discography Free on Last.fm

TPStank • Wednesday, March 10, 2010 • 10:34 PM

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I was trying out the features Last.fm has. Pretty cool website for bands. Allows complete control over distro from only allowing samples of songs to be played, to downloading complete albums for free. Enjoy.

AZPunk Guest DJs ASU Radio 3/23

TPStank • Tuesday, March 9, 2010 • 2:31 PM

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Check out the writeup on The Blaze's guest DJ shows coming up. Chris and I will be hosting from 1-2pm on March 23rd, so tune in!

SXSW 2010 on BitTorrent: 3.35 GB of Free Music

TPStank • Saturday, March 6, 2010 • 4:20 PM

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The South by Southwest (SXSW) music festival is one of the largest and most popular in the United States. For the sixth year in a row, SXSW has released a DRM-free, RIAA-safe collection of hundreds of songs which can all be downloaded for free in a couple of clicks, thanks to BitTorrent.

Via Vengeance kicks off cross country tour

TPStank • Monday, March 1, 2010 • 10:43 AM

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Via Vengeance: One man, no loops.

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