Massimo Moscarelli was a guy from Rome who visited a few concerts at the Vort’n Vis in the 90s (touring with ‘Eversor’ e.g.). He helped out with Paolo Petralia’s zine Scream Of Anger.
The guys started this zine in an effort “to give back to a scene that they feel they have greatly benefited from being involved in”. Massimo’s mate Andrea Marra (who masters English better) made it possible to reach a wider audience. MRR: >>Primarily based around straight-edge, although not completely, they have teamed together to cover what they see as vital music and people, and with this issue they are off to a good start.<<
#1 (the only issue) has interviews with ‘Acme’, Françoise ‘Hazel’ Lepers (Superfluous zine, ‘Rise Above’, ‘Nations On Fire’, ‘Shortisght’, etc.), ‘Feeding The Fire’, Roman sXe bands ‘Timebomb’ & ‘Gasmask’, and Vique Martin (Simba zine); an article on Forza Italia (Silvio Berlusconi’s nationalist conservative party), Italian sXe scenereports and perspectives of the ’94 Vort’n Vis festival.
Brob
I wasn’t in a punk band so I had to do something else. I began taking photos at gigs and then writing for zines. At the time of Tough Guys Don’t Dance (1994-1995), I was writing for Blast! magazine and S.O.A. zine but I wanted to do something deeper content-wise; and in English – to take things outside Italian boundaries. The intention was to print it but that didn’t work out so we did photocopies – that limited the distribution. Other problems: money and laziness to make contacts. I had a computer and a printer but digital editing needed more resources so it was cut’n’paste. My partner was Andrea Marra [bassist of ‘Comrades’, later in ‘Opposite Force’ & ‘Bruma’]: he knew the language very well and translated everything, even produced some content. It was connected with the straight-edge movement because I was so involved in this. The end-result was a very leftwing-oriented zine with an extreme female presence. Besides the fact that I was interested in girls, their presence in the scene was so scarce that they were like aliens in a male world, and it was good to hear what they had to say. It wasn’t a feminist zine made by males though; it was a straight-edge zine with a political feel and a lot of pages about girls in the scene.
We were thinking about doing another issue but I started university and I was gradually more involved in studying than with HC bands.
Massimo Moscarelli
‘Timebomb’ (Rome) was a communist, vegan and straight-edge band playing metallic HC: Cristiano Suriano (drums; later ‘Opposite Force’), Daniele Marini (guitar), Giorgio Fois (vocals) and Simone Marini (bass; Kill for Love zine). Marco Ciccone joined later (guitar; later also ‘Opposite Force’). In 1993 they did a demo and a 7” (Fury) released by S.O.A. recs. Paolo Petralia also did their Hymns For A Decaying Empire CD (‘96) and in 1998 The Full Wrath Of The Slave got out on Genet recs.
Brob Tilt's zine-world 2 