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THE UK SUBS 

By: Allan McNaughton (Maximum RocknRoll) THE UK SUBS. Undoubtedly one of the pioneers of modern punk, and a great influence on many of the people who went on to define hardcore, such as Ian MacKaye of Minor Threat and Henry Rollins of SOA/BlackFlag. Recently, the Subs reunited in one of their earlier forms to record two new albums and tour, and we thought it was a good time to catch up with them and talk about the last twenty years. Interview of Charlie Harper and Nicky Garratt by Allan McNaughton

 NG: But yeah, Charlie and Alvin approach it from one direction, and I approach it more from this anger of thing, and what I actually listen to, at night, I mean I’ve got very eclectic tastes, classical, Burt Bacharac, Dionne Wanrvick, Doris Day, y’know… I like all that stuff but that’s got nothing to do with getting on stage, you know, but if I see a band, a punk rock band, who can get on stage and deliver, there’s nothing as exciting as that.
 

Pixies

The ever-so-arty lyric book that accompanies the new Pixies album contains the words to a song that you will not find on the record itself.
‘Make Believe’, sung by drummer David Lovering, can be found on the ‘Velouria’ single. It is Black Francis’ paean to the Doris Day of the MTV generation, Debbie Gibson. ‘I don’t want you to marry me/Make believe you’re Debigee”, sings Lovering, echoing the sentiments of a nation’s adolescents. Reviewed August 1990
By Terry Staunton

 Magma 

Nicky tried to put out a Magma “Best Of” record but Christian Vander wouldn’t get back to him. He also tried to get Doris Day to endorse an animal charity record with all punk covers of her song. She didn’t get back to him either