1. So how long have you been publishing Destroy? How often is it out, what's the circulation?
STARTED destroy about 10years ago , it came out of the ashes of my first zine 'xerox machine ' circulates about 1000 copies world wide with alot of workpushing the fucking thing ..cos its a bit pricey due to the glossy paper peopel like it once they see it though .
2. What do you reckon was the main reason you started writing the zine? Bugs and Drugs came from Bristol didn't it? any other good zines out of there that you could recommend?
I started it cos I ws a fan of alot of the music apart from mrr and few other zines you could not read about bands records etc ...so I thought best thing wasto do my own zine and expose people to what was going on.Bugs and drugs was great although they just used to touch on music I wrote for them too undr the guise of 'SID DELICIOUS ' my other moniker was rejected by them it was' Sid Visnu 'which I thought was better ...there are some great zines that come from here B e bad be glad was great as was the aforementioned bugs and drugs ...On a national level I ealy liked 'Real od ' and 'artcore ' even if Idid not much agree on the musical tastes within good solid zines non the less both still going too if Im not mistaken
3. Could you explain how you go about putting together an issue of Destroy? (collecting all the info, interviews etc to getting printed... hmm or this is a long winded question!)
I plan the next zine before I finnis the oneIm working on ..I try t someold historical element toowether its a write up on old bands or just some old pictures that peopel have not seen before...I buy shit loads of records and whatever moves me I write an interview so far everyone has written back which is great ...
4. Do you think zines still play a big role in the punk scene, or as the internet killed them a bit?
Im not sure I mean I break even no more no less so someone wants the product ..yeah I thinks so some peple want somthing solid they can put in their hands (oo err ) not just log on to the internet ...I diont know how much the emo thing relys on it but teh metal world relys on zines a lot still... so I would say 50% maybe
5. What you think are the most rewarding aspects of doing a zine?
most rewarding aspects of it seing bands people realy likeing it and forgiving me my atrocious ,istakesitsa just good to see that it has helped people and bands in different ways its helppeopel inthe past get record deals and even some people a place to live ...mot embarssing stuff is to knock a record then 5 months you think its great we 've all done that have we not except my opion is frozen in ink hahahah
6. Finally what's planned for the next issue?
next issue is finished allthe interviews are old cos time and money were hard but next issue has indepth interviews with world burns to death , dan lilker/ dingo / Contrast attitude / and more comes with a free comp ep too another 3 montsh should have it finished .
with the record label I should have a chaos channel lp out next year and a dis -clone ep both from japan
out now isolation ep /construicted ep seats of piss pic disc lp
ok mate thanks for your time keepin touch ...Staff
