Ph: Dave Chesson switch tre’s the MW2 gap by Rich West
Pete King provides the commentary on this new web doc shot by Nick Richards on London’s skate scene. Click play for skating from Barney Page, Ben Rowles, Josh Underwood, Big Dave, Ben Larthe, Josh Cox, Daryl Dominguez, Kyron Davis and more.
You’ve seen Nyjah Huston‘s final cut of Fade to Black with Metallica leading the soundtrack, and just recently, the behind the scenes edit. Now watch the original edit that was drafted with Meek Mill and Rick Ross bringing the shit talk to the soundtrack. Must have been the “pussy smells like fish” lyric that prompted the change. Sorry ‘hustlers’.
It takes a brave man to re-edit Rodney Mullen‘s classic footage as there’s so much of it that is relevant, but Harry Garcia has tackled it with the acid-tinged soundtrack of Jimi Hendrix and a dose of Massive Attack in this new montage.
Read our interview with Rodney back in 2005 here.
Ph: Mark Suciu, Backside Lipslide © Miguel Valle
Filmer Miguel Valle has come good with a new part featuring friend and Habitat cruiser Mark Suciu today. Asked about leaving Habitat Skateboards in a new interview Suciu has stated:
“Oh definitely not, I’m sticking with Habitat. I feel like I’m a pretty big part of Habitat and I think if I left I’d be throwing them under the bus. Of course, the main weight of the team is held by Silas [Baxter-Neal], Stefan [Janoski], Freddy [Gall] – the big gamers – but I think that I play a part too, and if I just were to go away it would be shady after all they’ve done and what they mean to skating. I’m definitely sticking around.”
Enjoy this new part.
Prepare for total carnage as it looks like Poison Idea are heading our way this August for a bunch of shows.
Former guitarist Tom ‘Pig Champion’ Roberts passed back in 2006 after drug and drink issues so Eric ‘Vegetable’ Olson takes his place in the line up alongside bass player Chris ‘Spider’ Carey.
The most memorable show this lot played was at ULU back in 1991. Let’s hope they feel the darkness.
August 2014 tour:
10th – Blackpool, Rebellion Punk Music Festival
11th – Norwich, Waterfront
12th – Manchester, Star & Garter
13th – Newcastle, Think Tank
14th – Glasgow, Audio
15th – Dublin, Fibber McGees
16th – Bristol, Exchange
17th – London, Pipeline
‘That’ subway ollie by Koki Loaiza has been finally unleashed from the 2013 Tengu: God of Mischief film today, so if you have not seen the movie (which is a must purchase) then get your eyes on this as it’s phenomenal.
Arizona noise collective Destruction Unit have shared a brand new track via Adult Swim’s 2014 singles programme. ‘Dust’ is the six-piece’s first offering of new music since 2013’s Deep Trip, an LP of truely epic proportions.
‘Dust’ confirms Destruction Unit have no plans on straying from their journey towards a higher, psychedelic realm. Hit play below and join the pilgrimage. Minds will be melted, noise shall prevail.
Tense Men have shared a new music video for ‘Stages Of Boredom’, the opening track of their debut mini LP Where Dull Care Is Forgotten.
Credit due to film maker Maria Cecilia Tedemalm and art director Milo LirenWatch for crafting this mesmerisingly mundane clip. Watch below and click here to see what we made of their debut LP.
Where Dull Care Is Forgotten is out now on Faux Discx.
Seminal art-punks Wire have announced that their 1981 live album Document & Eyewitness, is due for reissue August 18th via Pink Flag Records.
The album documents a particularly eventful night and period of Wire’s enigmatic career. The fateful night at Camden’s Electric Ballroom saw their set accompanied by demonstrative performance art. Highlights include such acts as an individual beating a gas cooker with a hammer, a woman pulling two bound men across the stage, an illuminated goose and masked percussionists sporting newspaper headdresses. One band member donned an exaggerated beekeeper’s veil, while others wore morris-dancing bells. Veering back and forth between the playful and the profane, this was a combination of performance art and absurdist farce.
Document & Eyewitness will be released on double LP, double CD and as a legal bootleg series featuring the unedited gig recordings. Hit play below for a preview of the madness.
