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What Instrument Do You Play: Guitar, Voice

About Me: I was born in a little log cabin in Martintucky (Martinsville) My mom and I moved to Bloomington for her job in 81' or so. My entire family were strict Jehovah's Witnesses, my mother was the black sheep having been "disfellowshipped" from the religion when I was very young. My mother was a party person. Needless to say I was always torn between total rebellion and absolute conformity. A few years later at South High School, and still trying to fit in somewhere, I was introduced to Jan Berzins.I still remember him asking me if I liked 'hardcore' (the only hardcore I knew then was porn) but of course I said," Oh yeah sure." Later I bought my first hardcore album and never looked back. Some girl invited me to an Old Library show and it was a blast. Eventually after screwing up and skipping class etc, I dropped out of high school.A little later I ended up hiding from the police by living at "shanty town" in Dunn Meadow(probably around the same time period as the photo of Mike Whybark carrying Josh Martin) Josh stayed at shanty town a bunch(on weekends ha ha). he was my first real 'punk' friend (ha ). Later after wearing a wig as a disguise the police got a tip I was at shanty town, and off I went to Indiana Boys School. After about 6 months there I turned 18 and was released in early 87'? Inspired by Tussin-Up, I started a zine called "The NO Scene Boredom Zine" and then a little later Josh and I started The Peace Dykes, with such forgettable non-hits as "I Can't Sing" and
"Looks like McDonalds Again"(Bill Foster and I once went to McDonalds to apply for a job mostly as a joke) I stayed at Josh Martins house for sometime growing plants, making the zine and playing music in the garage. I refused to get a job back then and looking back I'm glad as it was truly one of the best memories of my life(for the most part). Well someone stole all of my plants in the middle of the night. Which sent me into a depressing spiral. I went back to my childhood religion for a while, thinking the "end of the world" was near. I stayed in martinsville for a while(I got unbeleivable amounts of flack for this from everyone but Burd). Steve Millen(sp?) died about this time and I was very saddened to hear this. Well after this I moved from here to there and back again through various adventures in the late 80's and early 90's culminating with living in the Allen Building above the Uptown Cafe in 92'. At this time I was in the band Jawwagon. We were much better than the Peace Dykes but only played twice(Waldron Arts Center and Second Story for Brian Friedmans memorial) Brian died while I was living in the Allen Building. That was one fun year or so though. Eventually I drove to Boulder Colorado and lived in my car for about 5 months. I returned to Martinsville with two bags of clothes as my only possessions. I got a grocery store job and have worked in that 'profession' pretty much since the beginning of 1995.

What bands are you or have you been in?: Peace Dykes late 80's (Me,Josh Martin, Johnny Mckay /Joe Z, various drummers but mainly Thomas Matthew)
Jawwagon 92-93 (Me, Johnny Mckay, Ryan Hasan, and various others)

What city are you from?: Martinsville/Bloomington

MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/Boredoom_zine

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At 11:15am on July 4th, 2008, Ryan Hasan said…: No prob. I'm excited to hear it, but I've waited fifteen years, so what's a few more days?

At 4:36pm on July 2nd, 2008, Ryan Hasan said…: Godspeed.

At 1:58pm on July 2nd, 2008, Melissa Overton said…: hey sorry it takes me so long to get back...I went and got some food, red meat for the first time in a while, and got sick. yuck! so, i just didn't feel like being in a loud bar, happens when you get old, you know. but i'll be at whatever comes next! sorry i didn't get to talk to ya!

At 3:05pm on July 1st, 2008, Ryan Hasan said…: Yeah, I'll probably still come, assuming airline tickets don't go up dramatically. You're always welcome to come out here, though. I've got a comfy guest room, so's all you need would be to buy some jet fuel yourself.

At 2:54pm on July 1st, 2008, Ryan Hasan said…: Hey. Check your mail; FTP instructions await. Depending on the size of the files and your connection speed, you might want to do it right before you go out for awhile (or before you go to bed, even).

At 2:04pm on July 1st, 2008, Ryan Hasan said…: I don't think I need 20 versions of each song, though. Why so many alternate digitizations? What'cha got, exactly?

At 2:02pm on July 1st, 2008, Ryan Hasan said…: Up to? Trying to decide if I want to spring for three plane tickets to come back in October. A reunion gig or other non-Harmony events are beginning to seem rather unlikely.

Vis-a-vis the Jawagon, you could either mail me a CD (might take two) or, if you prefer, you could upload it to my FTP site. I can send you instructions on how to do so, if that's what you prefer.

At 2:11pm on June 29th, 2008, John Terrill said…: Man, I'm not sure how many songs I have. I remember it being an extensive recording. We did it out at Arson Gardens Practice space on west third st. I think it was right before you quit the band and moved back to Martinsville. I'll try to get the master tapes out in a week or two and dub them down to digital. Since I don't have a mixdown I won't be able to tell what is exactly on there until I check the multi tracks. I'll get back to you later...

At 6:58pm on June 28th, 2008, Andy Hill said…: Hey Zac,

Looking forward to the Peace Dykes posting. Thanks for the head's up (warning?).

Looking forward to see you at the next punk rock picnic, if not sooner. I still have fond memeories of the summer we kicked hack on the regular in People's Park.

Also glad I read your profile. Surprised we never discussed our religious backgrounds (though hackeysack is a game of few words or maybe I spaced it), but while I was raised protestant, my paternal grandmother was charismatic (think pretty hard core, if you're not familiar). She told me in no uncertain terms I was going to hell if I didn't come around to her way of thinking. I just hope trying hard to be a decent sort and striving to learn and grow will be enough.

best,
andy