LETTERS

Rip It Up, Issue 242, 1 October 1997, Page 9

LETTERS

Unidentified Flying Taite Instead of putting the new Oasis album in “every spaceship” (Sept issue), how about we put John Taite in a rocket , and send him on a one-way trip to liir. Just a thought Demon, Britain. Who’s Bigger Than Jesus? Your July issue had an advertisement for Oasis’ Be Here How album, proclaiming (What The Story) Horning Glory as the biggest selling album ever in the UK. I’m both a massive Oasis and Beatles fan, but facts are facts. On last released stats, the Beatles’ 1967 masterpiece Sgt Pepper’s has sold a whopping 4.25 million copies in the UK, while Morning Glory has sold 3.5 million. This is also backed up by sources on MTV. The same incorrect info was published on the pre-order ticket for Be Here How, which many predict will out-sell Pepper’s and thus break the record. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see, but I’m betting on Pepper’s. Whatever,, someone hasn’t done their homework. Daniel Phillips, .Auckland. Gimme Some Skin In the last issue of RipltUp John Russell (HZ Singles) mentions Skin machine and Shylock. trying . to lift Northland music out of “the netherworld.” What bullshit. These bands go off, and it. wouldn’t surprise me if there’s a price on yer head for ' insulting people like that. But honestly, there’s more of a music scene up here than there is in bloody Auckland (hard pressed to find some punters that aren’t into tacno tecno rave shit). For example, Future Stupid, Loves Ugly Children, and Propeller, played the- Powerstation a few months back, and how many keen, adoring (interested at least people turned up? 30, how sad is that. I happened to go to Shylock’s last gig up here and it was a packed house — these guys go off! Apparently they re - Hing - CDs - like ~ hot cake y -- this is .without all the BipltUp promo that all these other shit bands get ’ smothered with to help sell a disc. Shylock get more people at their own gigs than they do supporting Shihad, Head Like A Hole, etc. Ain’t that sayin’ something? I think John Russell should get his- ears checked too, ’cause Skin machine sound nothing like INKS or Winger (whoever they are as lor Shylock, I’m sure the band is flattered being compared to early Soundgarden, Korn, and Helmet, but really? “Derivative as hell” — nup I can’t agree. “Formulaic to the extreme” — again nup. You’ve heard five songs from my favourite band John, and given them a bad labelling they don’t deserve You should throw out your Nana ilouskouri albums John, they’re fucking your mind. Pissed-off But Calming Down Bbrthlander, Northland.