The Follwoing article is taken from issue 2.

Oi! For Finland? Some good news from Turku scene. Our streetpunk/oi! band Fist Season's first ep "30 years of skinheads" will be released on French Cranes Blases Records. We will also be on their compilation lp. Check them out. And our old school hardcore band Back against the wall is going to release an ep Those fanfares of victory on French Urban noizes records. Carl from New York played some solos for us as he's now living (studying) in Turku for about a year. Bitter Bois from Helsinki were also in the studio and their debut (produced by the same Mr. Fritscher) is going ti be released on some German label.

Gigs : Riddim garden '99 (A ska and Reggae festival with mainly Finnish bands) in August was an essential place to visit, though I can't remember too much (I saw Finnish Housewifes Choice & The Blaster Master and the US college boys from Sweden, I think) and al 2 photos which came out all right represented my girlfriends face. So I guess we've had a party...
Swedish Cigarres and Spitfire from Russia had their min tours here in Finland too, but I luckily missed both their experiences. I've only took part in some odd hardcore concerts but really, nothing special happened. Although there's always a possibiltity that I've been a bit lazy and become too sophisticeted. Or then everything is just shit.

Records : Some good stuff I've came across recently: Intensified's new album Faceman sound (on Grover) is even better thean their debut one, so some cool traditional ska and reggae here; Trojan's newish Rocksteady compilation Socking Good Time is also worth having; Inner cirlce & the fatman Riddim section's Heavyweight dub/killer bub (blood and fire) = 2 really good late 70's dub albums on 1 cd; Agnostic Front's Riot Riot upstart on Epitaph, NYHC legends new album; Blood for Blood's livin' in Exile (victory) is good "white trash hardcore rock 'n' roll mini cd/12", you all should get it; Sppedwheel is a new Finnish band and their debut 7"ep Blood, sweat and no tears is a good punkrock in the vein of Social Distortion; building a legacy- A Helsinki Hardcore document. well, the title tells what's the case here; Stubborn all stars NYC ska sensation is a compilation of their first two albums = cool; Housewifes choice's debut 7" ep on Stupido twins is alright, though it has a bit weak sound; Pitboss 2000:everyone's a winner - cd on Use your head records, good old school hardcore a la SOD..; Check out the brand new Hepcat album (on hellcat as its out and of course the rhythm Doctors full length (on Oub City Royal); Hellcat's Give em the boot 2 has some cool songs too (hepcat, slackers etc) and its cheap.