10 YEARS ON

Rip It Up, Issue 120, 1 July 1987, Page 6

10 YEARS ON

LETTERS: THE EARLY YEARS

- Your magazine is one of the best DI . can't stand the amount of punk rock rub- . . . bish you stick in it. Why don t you putin. aaa ~ something on the Eagles (the bestgroupin| . ‘the world), Gees, ELO or Flee ood . ,v"b" ‘Mac. S ':i =; i / iSt i G lamn e 0 Punk Rock Hater NOV 77 . KisssLP, Love Gun call theiF musicboring. v "%mfi*@*‘hsieneémsmmsMema;www% oN 16 BVET JlStened 1o opit EnZ s Montal % Wotas, he Kivoisahat mass i L e s e A 9 ISS MUSRC 5 a hell of a iot better than - 10000 vears L s ‘ Wxggvgmfewpflffiw;ifi“m§”»§ws§%@§ et ’*»*é’ pEC 77 - How much longer can the ey S uth Island be jq the great bands af i i the South Islang be jg . the great bands Of e tablishment. An gnored by the rock or - G :_vam-('ha"sv;f,her‘Vamp f,'b‘m,btefii,f:’eard; The's Yy or. The va OSe heard Th S e Vauxhalls from Ct','r'?tf"om s Dunedin or Th: on e that fhese‘ba"m Christchurch wo n.orThe - 7 ban Reptiles. leave shit would realise : ban Reptj ."ds !6an shit like th alise - Pliles in the dust -~ » e Surbur. . andyoy’ | S.rock bands are gonna hre.p . and S rock bands are o Mabreakbig , the YOU guys gonna pe sagmma break big o Wellin Flying four ba fr: 'Y you ignored = ez sl Wellington Festivg) ant:,d:«: from Auckiang % .. - IS criminal. 0 l and ignoring T land to == 0 sucks . Our day wmcg',';,%“lgNT“ Enemy © - A Pathetic p hlsland rules or o orand — South | orth Is| s A. Pathetic Dunei:‘a-nd fules -Gt e e o e WMWWQWLQWWW% ki w8 e b lake note we've GORVERELE i GAPHE. B 8 T e Civil Servants 3»4»**»“%;}« . &fiwfi*”»&? *’“w‘(‘n\“&'ab “;;?“%A%W%g&%?&&éfi%% SR . "Sogo fie @§”“§:§gg UG 78 | MkeTRCMISSRMR S : A Firstly, could we have more nudity in Rip ftoas : Up? Secondly, since you promote local talent ~ reasonably well, when do we get at least a brief o - mention of Rooter or The Atrocities? : Also, to anyone interested, that little smudge - . in the bottom right-hand corner of Sheerlux’s picture last month Ao Alan A. OCT 78 Wawa“fl% il e %%Wfiwfiflflkmmmswwaflwsa‘wd i s Ny w«n“‘*?;;mddmxfiewwa% mtin e, oS oubt whether BLs ot gigd™o Do ng e\ *fi«**fwmtmfmz?wgg*wai% i Y 8 S ouid even BT o avone 916 5 - T pafids WOUL [\ yeactiom ey e e Louldbegad - 9B e m\*;”figimflfmenmfi“fl?w e 0 yorgs WOIEED v

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Dear Mrs McLean (of Otahuhu), if you had any brains at all then you wouldn’t have accompanied your 15 year old daughter to Zwines, to see the Enemy. ; : Now, | would like to sympathise with your daughter — Well, I'm really sorry that your mother did this to you. But | also get the same sort of treatment down here in Masterton, and I'm also 15 years old. For instance, my old lady goes on about, “How | wish you wouldn’t idolise these punk rock fellows’’. So don’t worry, honey, parents just don’t understand. : : Horris Horrible Masterton MARCH 79 PS. Also a thanks for Sal Ivor for sympathising with me. _ ;

. i N R s ok ?;KQQ R s R othernight i had the of being _dragaed 10 a disco by y olds, who am sorry. E @ iseo | S ‘b'»-"fl s o ¢hie e N o disco freaks, and when | got homa i« Was sotensed upputon Patti Smith in to/ felax, go up lputondii L el . JolQuemy copyrot it Up and coloupiidii S T R go ' S inordo w- - 'EPWfii&?flfi*‘é@’ifimfi%fififié‘fwfi‘@ sed ;;%?W‘v&&%\.\;\ liyAySS Yt L G o DM B haceneer the rect o was o | = o vart H Oweve ,%g o L atlie s ek N : beUQhfi%’i}%%@%sanify and ' was‘able ¢ gace i - %Aég‘;"\@&% . - rest in' pEacer et aune L IS“abig 1o IS 3*

comaSPly 1o Mis Mcléan: where | @fin%%fi;sq%’g%i@%*’”wmf I e, (usually with 2 best Wh s Cbviousty Fink. L S g Ce) anvone «groan. Why must the majority of 1008 Play disco almost continuousts |e 2 Aonsiplay disco almost corilinmoust oEr o fiififieiigzihéwgfig%f?%fiv%% . -don L apprectate having my aaee p T - ~ fiw‘y;gm;aéggga,fifi@%?’s’fifi&@ai : Prissy PUnk Rotorua ' o efiér'flye noise. SRR MY 90 3 3 nlage oaan bl ey * ' After reading your letters section | thought I'd like to tell you that | like disco and punk. | . don't see why people argue over wh_lch is best. ~ | go to discos on Saturdays sometimes, but |- % . can get in to punk as well. = oot % S| love Elvis Costello. | despise the Bee Gees - but | quite like black singers like Donna Sum.mer. S , el e ‘,' B _ Rory Northcote JUNE 79 -.= ~ - ... P.S. | would like to know what punks generally. .-think of blacks. s ivin snine si e S e, s e e e e et < BT RSrore T Too say for you Im 18 __and my says: “I wish you wouldn't cut o *\fl'e,%%fi}‘f/“‘}é‘éf ~>¢ o L v e ORI AR RPR e G - Arsthere any punksin L ower Hutt other than, _ Mike ke and the Civil Servants? the way Mike, _ betlergstout of Hutt High so we can heal the betler get out of Hilt High sswe ¢4f Hear the L bandiok? band & %gg‘&%‘?&%@}?* os e e ‘Wil the Pill The Dead City of Lower e ik %{m&» i e ,é"c‘,s,fis Y ;"" R P.B: Please get your magazine back to.the old high standards because it's the only one'l ¢an ord. e -~ -1 am confessing that addicted to Rip It Up. Back in those dusky, primeval days (early '77), | found your mag on a shelf in a quiet backstreet record emporium. . © 0 L -2 When the hip lady behind the counter wasn’t - looking, then | did my dirty deed, | pinched a 1l 1 mag and sneaked off, back down the dirt track to my pad. o - Two moons (and two mags) had passed by before | finally realised that the joke was on Y. me, after being copped, | found out that your mag was Free. b geiiivse oG T =~ T.M. Invercargill JULY 79 = . =

- JEikinaßipdt o — you re alFold ménivoy 2 dént believe young bands can you? %~ TR Jo be a New Zealand band, you have 1o tobe -~ Professional boring old bastards, used - squeezed out, have an . -athiilic stage act and perform well played shit - ‘athiific stage act and perform well played shit. T o RS PR aia sy e o \;wvAioafi ,-Z-*:, ; */;: ’;gf‘fi?“gs\\l) §< Q%%f%fi;f’»&xg’&@&iv - A.-GrayNomth P Shote o s R s Al gray Natth S 06 e | ehsthinkikwill have to drop into the RSA this’nonth and pelp ya on the nextissue. = .- Marg North Shore JuLy 79 " v !

S OK. so Robeft Muldoon doesn’t think rock music is culture. So what are we gonna do now, ask Mickey Mouse if he thinks Iggy Pop is nice? UAF Karori AUG 80 : The Toy Love the Shades” album, especiall ‘B : ['i_ves, . has done wondersyforucl)lu[r)osvgg he i Peroques Dunedin SEPT 80