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First published in Neons Fanzine #3 (split with Shocktilt) Read part 1 How did you dive into the underground scene in the 90s ? Peter Sotos, Whitehouse, power electronics, ... Opening yourself to filthiest and more immoral spheres I discovered Peter Sotos through Apocalypse Culture, like many others and then by getting my hands on xeroxes of PURE as fast as I could after reading that interview. PURE was exactly what I wanted. No apologies. Just pure unadulterated lust. I was already fully aware of what I was looking for in many things. That’s also why the work of Peter Sotos had such a resonance for me at the time. It was way more honest and dangerous than most of what was passing for extreme at the time. I discovered WHITEHOUSE and countless Industrial / Power Electronics /Noise acts around the same time, through a friend of mine. He turned me to the genre, knowing my tastes. The ''musical'' side of it was brand new to my ears, but the covers, the packaging,

From Neons Fanzine #3 (split with Shocktilt) Welcome to the world of mindfucking, early S&M hardcore porn movies ! BORN TO RAISE HELL and POING DE FORCE are both a tasteful experience to enjoy at least once in your lifetime. These grimmy and nihilistic pieces of sleaze are a great opportunity to let you, through their mondo-style filming and dirty, gritty picture, dive into the leather underground subculture where Hell is Heaven and pain is the key... BORN TO RAISE HELL – Roger Earl (1975-USA) Well-known figure of gay magazines at the time, and voted ''Mr Leather'' at the Hawks' annual Leather Sabbath in Hollywood in 1975, Val Martin plays the lead sadist in this movie, and, with the help of his accomplice Qwave Dalton, will raise hell until he decides it's done. The greatness of this film, is the fact that it's non-stop action. Val Martin gets all his sex energy through pure brutality and rough abuses on the slaves / victims. He just can't g

This article was first published in Sex Before Suicide #3 , but is here reworked and updated . Anyone interested in a way or another in hardcore punk must know the Germs . This L.A. band who put out in 1979 one of the best and most influential punk record of all time, " G.I. " Known mostly for their chaotic live shows , and for their charismatic singer, Darby Crash, because ending a gig ith his body covered with peanut butter, or in blood after having slashed his chest, while mumbling some lyrics next to the mic has become business as usual.  Another distinctive Germs' mark was their enigmatic logo, the blue circle. The legend says Darby came up one day with this blue circle idea and thought it would make a great logo for the band. Soon after, the band members (and their devoted fans as well) were appearing with armbands showing off the circle, mocking the nazi imagery used heavily in the english punk scene by  the likes of Sid Vicious or Siouxsie