WELCOME TO F*U*TV F*U*TV is a fanzine in video format.   It was created in pure DIY fashion, one man, one camera.  The video offers exclusive interviews and live footage of various punk, garage and other cool bands passing through Toronto and documents the local punk scene.  Seven issues were produced from April 1997 to March 1998.  The full details on each issue are given below, along with excerpts from some great reviews. WHAT'S THE DEAL? Each tape is 120 minutes long.  You get live footage and quick interviews with at least 8 bands per tape.  The better known groups get 15 to 20 minutes while the lesser known get 10 minutes or less.  (A * after band name means no interviews.) PRICES per tape: U.S.A.:  $9.11    postage paid, in U.S. dollars Canada:  $9.11 + $3.00 postage, in Cdn. dollars World:   $9.11 + $3.00 postage, in U.S. dollars   Except for the first three issues, each tape includes a hard case, cool cover, 11x17" poster, stickers, gum, smarties, popcorn and rolling papers.  I'm not lying!  Honest!!  Available in NTSC/PAL/SECAM formats.  For more info contact f_u_tv@hotmail.com THE CATALOGUE: Issue No. 1  April 1997 The Humpers*, Nerf Herder*, GOB, Marilyn's Vitamins, Punchbuggy*, Sick Boys*, Coyote Shivers*, Scoobie Sounds. The Humpers put on a rockin' show but had to also taunt the lame ass crowd into showing some life.  GOB, however, had no problem in getting the sell-out crowd to create a massive pit.  It's hard to believe in 1996 only 20 people showed up to see GOB at the El Mocambo.  Nerf Herder, Punchbuggy, Coyote Shivers and Scoobie Sounds give us some melodic power pop.  Marilyn's Vitamins throw the scale back to the political punk side with some teenage/ post-adolescent exuberance (the bassist, Adam, is only 16 years old).  Kids and politics??  What's the world coming to?  The Sick Boys end the tape with some emo-punk rock (which is how someone described the music to them), whatever the fuck that's supposed to mean.  They do a great version of a Stiff Little Fingers' song.  SLF rules!! By the way, that's not me on the cover.  That's Johnny Rotten at the tender age of 8. Issue No. 2   May 1997 The Hanson Brothers, D.O.A.'s Joe Keithley, Tricky Woo, Armed & Hammered, Hockey Teeth, The Tirekickers, Texas Dirt Fuckers, PMS(local group), Grace Babies. With the young Bobby Hull on the cover, you can guess there's a bit of a hockey theme here.  The kings of "puck-rock", The Hanson Brothers, give a thorough explanation of why punks and pucks go together and answer the question, "which hockey player could take on G.G. Allin?"  Joe Keithley (Joey Shithead), with his 20 years of punk integrity, thrashes his acoustic guitar into submission.  The other groups cover the punk spectrum from 70's and 80's type sounds, to garage, ska-punk and power pop.  Tricky Woo rocked out so much that Andrew, the singer, couldn't keep his clothes on.  And for you history buffs, the Dirt Fuckers' Billy Rogers played drums for Johnny Thunders and with the Ramones on Subterranean Jungle, and guitarist Flash Bastard played in King Kurt and Tenpole Tudor.  I guess there's also a punk old timers theme to this issue as well. MAXIMUMROCKNROLL No. 172 said:  "There is lots of stuff to watch here.  The camera shots are usually very, very good.  F*U*TV takes risks in format... deserves praise." Issue No. 3  June 1997 Guttermouth, AntiFlag, Viletones, Mooney Suzuki, Sit'n'Spin, 2 Pump Louie, Los Meltones, Trolley, Warface, Bomb Shelter, The Girl Bombs. A lot of groups on this one.  AntiFlag and Guttermouth played great sets.  AntiFlag will be 19 forever and true to punk forever.  Guttermouth put down the straight edge-vegan-feminists a little too often and got one politically sensitive guy riled up.  Made for good entertainment though.  Speaking of which, Steve Leckie, of the Viletones, was someone who knew how to entertain an audience in 1976 and 1977 during Toronto's original punk scene.  Unfortunately there was no self-mutilation with knives and broken beer bottles at this show.  A brief history of the current Toronto punk scene is represented by the incestuous intermixing of members from Warface, Bomb Shelter and 2 Pump Louie, all of whose roots can be traced back to the Blundermen.  If only I had a video camera when they were around.  The other bands on the tape stomp out their own mixture of garage and pop (Mooney Suzuki, Sit'n'Spin, Girl Bombs), surf (Los Meltones) and Rickenbacher-drenched mod (Trolley).  Issue No. 4  July-Aug 1997 Marky Ramone & The Intruders, URBNDK, Red Alert*, The Restarts, Made, Jersey, Murder City Wrecks, The New Grand, Sour Landslide. Marky Ramone & the Intruders opened up for the Misfits.  I wasn't allowed to tape the Misfits but you do get an idea of how rough the show was from the people I met outside while interviewing Marky's guitarist and while seeing Marky and the band head off in their Econoline van and U-Haul.  A bit of a step down from a Ramones tour bus, eh?  URBNDK, Red Alert and the Restarts belted out their old school punk, oi and hardcore.  URBNDK put on an incredibly sizzling show, inducing some serious pit action and stage diving.  Red Alert played in a small English pub and had to deal with an old man trying to sell roses to the punks and punkettes.  My interview with the Restarts on the dirty sidewalks of "Toronto The Good" is interrupted by a friendly street person who is  totally oblivious to the dried blood on his face.  This issue also includes a small book burning/ marshmallow roast that happened half a block from my house.  This is a summer to remember. The issue is rounded off with some ska-punk (Jersey), NYC'77 sounds (Murder City Wrecks) and plain catchy to noisy power pop (New Grand, Sour Landslide, Made). Issue No. 5  Sep-Oct 1997 The Mr. T. Experience, Pansy Division, Groovie Ghoulies, The Sinisters, Trash  Brats*, The Inbreds, The Vapids, Shortfall. FLIPSIDE No. 118 said:  "This here vid is super-duper.  Above average filming and neat video effects of some of your favorite combos of the late twentieth century punctuate this giant two-hour fuck you to the world of music television.  You want names?  The Vapids, Pansy Division, The Groovie Ghoulies [Kepi is confused about which town he's playing], The Sinisters (wooping it up at an impressive Halloween show complete with fighting and spitting), The Trash Brats (too catchy and rocking to even describe), Shortfall, Mr. T. Experience, and The Inbreds (where we even get to see the drummer's mom) all offer the high quality stimulation demanded by you, the viewing public.  Pretty much the best thing video-wise to come out of Canada since Meatballs!" MAXIMUMROCKNROLL No.181 said:  "The video quality is top-notch, interspersed with shenanigans.  It's great stuff, a great investment.  If you're into the bands, you can do no wrong.  Thumbs-up." worldwidepunk.com 07/17/99:  "I was quite impressed with the sound and video quality...gets me to dance like a wildman in front of my TV.  Now you actually have a reason to turn on your television.  This is highly recommended." www.worldwidepunk.com/musicreviews Issue No. 6  Nov-Dec 1997 Lunachicks, Trigger Happy*, Abalienation, Broadzilla, Libertine, The Thundergods, Jerry & The Final Thoughts, The Stiffs. The stars of this issue are the Lunachicks, with their tattoos, hair, clothes and songs about dead gerbils and doughnuts.  Trigger Happy also put on an amazing all ages Food Not Bombs show with all the honesty, integrity and energy of everything that is PUNK!!  The pleasantly plump punks from Abalienation gave us some intense 80's type hardcore that let cops know what they think of them in no uncertain terms.  Balancing all this aggression, is some awesome melodic punk from Jerry & The Final Thoughts and teenage wonders The Stiffs.  There's Libertine, fronted by former 7 Seconds drummer Belvy, throwing their twist to the Social Distortion-type of sound and politics.  And then we have Broadzilla combining their L7/Lunachicks sound with songs about freaks, oral sex and masturbation.  The Thundergods also know that hot, dirty sex is at the core of their garage-punk roots.  If this isn't enough there's some spoken word, cool graffiti, dead squids, snails, a dead pidgeon and a huge chunk of shit that I won't describe in any further detail. MAXIMUMROCKNROLL No. 185 said:  "F*U*TV is a lot better quality than most video-zines.  Definitely in the spirit of the old Flipside videos." FLIPSIDE No. 120 said:  "Silly shenanigans...good sound...video tricks...interesting performances kept me watching without any fast forwarding whatsoever.  All in all, this was some good viewing." Issue No. 7  Jan-Feb 1998 Nashville Pussy, Forgotten Rebels, Millencolin, The Wild Bunch, The Planet Smashers, Fallout, The Pinups, Atomic 7*. I don't think Nashville Pussy knows what it's like not to tour.  Hard work and putting a little danger and a lot of sex back into rock'n'roll is what makes their shows so great.  The interview features Ruyter cutting up Epitaph and Nirvana.  I also got a great interview with Mickey DeSadist of the Forgotten Rebels, who talks about how punk and everything has become more diluted (including his drinks) compared to 1977.  Some great live footage too.  New and old skool ska from Sweden's Millencolin and Montreal's Planet Smashers kept the krowds skanking irregardless of age.  We've also got some energetic, rockin' garage from Detroit's Wild Bunch and Toronto's Pinups and both gave good interviews ("G.G. Allin is like the Spice Girls of punk!").  Fallout is a new local band playing some good melodic punk with smart lyrics in the vein of Clash, Social D., and Bad Religion.  Atomic 7 is also a new local band but includes members from the Sadies and Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.  Can you guess what style of music they play? MAXIMUMROCKNROLL No. 191 said:  "This is pretty cool...There is music here for everybody.  There's interviews with each band, a spoken word deal, interviews with homeless punks and more.  It's pretty hip." worldwidepunk.com 08/16/99 said:  "This is the second time that I've had the incredible pleasure of watching an F*U*TV video. This is a fantastic videozine.... totally DIY fashion, but the results are pretty awesome.  Great video, great interviews, great choice of bands.  GREAT!"  www.worldwidepunk.com/musicreviews For more info contact f_u_tv@hotmail.com If anybody out there buys or trades videos, check out my list of bad traders.  Feel free to send any additions to the list. If anyone video tapes shows, here are my top ten filming tips that may help you get the best results possible.