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@badgerpunker.bsky.social

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I'm Chibo, author of the HISTORY OF HEAVY METAL zine. Volume 7 - LIKE I NEED TO BE SAVED: HEAVY NOISE ROCK AND THE FAR SIDE OF GRUNGE available now! Get it at heavymetalhandbook.bandcamp.com or grab the PDF edition at https://www.patreon.com/c/badgerchibo/

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 8d

i feel like once you've made it to the drop nobody is allowed to be mad. they had like three whole minutes to be mad but now that time is over

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 8d

the missing link between Big Black esque 80s noise rock and 90s midwest emo. spooky scary but also sentimental

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 11d

i think it's important for children to spend a lot of time bored out of their minds visiting relatives in very old houses crammed full of old family stuff and forced to examine the old stuff due to there being nothing else to do and it concerns me how people in my family keep moving into new builds

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 11d

everything good about my psyche is predicated on a childhood spent thumbing through semi-interesting reference materials

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pony pony huckabuck @spindlypete.bsky.social · 11d

the fat stack of weird old paperbacks and your aunt perming your mom's hair is how great writers are made. i don't think culturally we've developed any substitute

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 14d

you should check out my video if you haven't already bc its pretty amusing. also the next video will have a hilarious and genuinely unscripted pratfall

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 22d

I just launched a youtube channel with my first video essay:
A Defense of Messy Music, where i talk about hellhammer, the meat puppets, flipper, and why they're all so good

youtu.be/sj3JGR15zSY?...

a defense of messy music

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 21d

both great writers, neither exactly subject matter experts

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 21d

a weird thing i've noticed about rock criticism from the '70s (thinking of Lester Bangs and Robert Christgau here) is that those guys weirdly didn't know what guitar feedback is--they pretty consistently say "feedback" when they mean "distortion"

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 22d

I just launched a youtube channel with my first video essay:
A Defense of Messy Music, where i talk about hellhammer, the meat puppets, flipper, and why they're all so good

youtu.be/sj3JGR15zSY?...

a defense of messy music

YouTube video by bellmetal

youtu.be

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 22d

tasteful lighting and considered posing

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 22d

i think i own like 2 band t shirts but only because i hate wearing t shirts in general lol

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 22d

I just launched a youtube channel with my first video essay:
A Defense of Messy Music, where i talk about hellhammer, the meat puppets, flipper, and why they're all so good

youtu.be/sj3JGR15zSY?...

a defense of messy music

YouTube video by bellmetal

youtu.be

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · 22d

hi sorry i took so long to see this--Vol 7 is currently unavailable due to a technical issue, and i also can't ship internationally at the moment

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Aug 7

(in case you're wondering what's behind the patreon paywall, its none other than my acclaimed History of Heavy Metal zine series, currently being republished online for just 2 bucks a month)

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Aug 7

just wrote a free blog post where i announce a new project and talk about AC/DC, "All Right Now", and the power of the Thud Riff

www.patreon.com/posts/thud-a...

thud and blunder | bellmetal

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Jul 22

the style has had pretty amazing staying power. its in that rarefied space where the "revival" has lasted longer than the original thing did, at which point we begin to wonder if its not a revival at all and maybe the whole thing's just immortal

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Jul 22

wrote a messy meditation on midwest emo on the free part of the blog:

www.patreon.com/posts/midwes...

the midwest is really far away | bellmetal

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Jul 15

new (free) post:

i just wrote a weird little review of the first Dismemberment Plan album, a literary noise pop masterpiece that i highly recommend to fans of Bob Dylan, Ramshackle Glory, Pavement, and... Raymond Chandler?
www.patreon.com/posts/dismem...

the dismemberment plan | bellmetal

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Jul 7

Just made it to volume 2 in there (of 7 and counting), good way to check out the series IMO

(also i post some random other stuff too, got some rants on pop punk and emo percolating rn)

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Jul 7

I've been pretty offline lately, but I just wanna remind everyone that the History of Heavy Metal zine is now available on Patreon; I'm slowly posting the entire series there at a rate of five posts a week, for just 2 bucks a month

www.patreon.com/c/BadgerChibo

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laid down my soul to the gods rock and roll

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · May 7

double nickels is literally the best guitar album of the 80s. better than any shred or metal album (and the guy ran 012s. monstrous.)

HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · May 6

the second best double album of the 80s (after Double Nickels on the Dime of course)

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · May 6

luv the skirt

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Mar 2

just wrote a bonus free blog post about modernity and postmodernity in rock, punk, and metal

www.patreon.com/posts/rockcr...

rockcrit and modernity | bellmetal

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HISTORY OF METAL zine @badgerpunker.bsky.social · Feb 21

a top 3: Sinawe's *Heavy Metal Sinawe*, Baekdoosan's *Too Fast! Too Loud! Too Heavy!, Boohwal's *Rock Will Never Die*

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