ADDICTED TO THE STORMY SEA, THE SOUND OF CLASHING WAVES, PROUDLY THEY ARE RUSHING BY ON THEIR BREATHLESS CHASE

"DER ZWERGPIRAT" Issue No. # 13

(July 2010)

(Fee: ca. 2,00 Euro)

Hell Yeahr, after one fuckin' long year of waiting for it here it finally is, the newest issue of the mighty "DER ZWERGPIRAT" (you may can translate it as "THE DWARFPIRATE") fanzine. Anchors aweigh, set the sails, onward on the seven seas, no matter if we end up in Tortuga Bay or in Walhalla or in Bikini Bottom, as long as we're riding the seven seas of fate we can't go wrong!!! Ah, okay, okay, I was lead astray, I'm sorry guys, so back to the topic;-)!!! It was a year without a new "DER ZWERGPIRAT" came out, and this year left it's traces. Carsten, the Cpt. of the "ZWERGPIRAT"shallop is today nearly alone on deck, after his buddy Leiche had to abondon it's service. And the newest issue is much more slight then the two former issues. Carsten is telling us the story and the reasons behind it in it's words of introduction to this very issue here. And at least I do really understand it, a fanzine is a hell of a lot work and you really have to decide when you're growing on if all the work and the effort you have to put in it is really that justified at the end of the day. That's the reason why I'm truly really happy with 'just' running this blog and not my printfanzine (and damn it, it was never on the lvel of the "DER ZWERGPIRAT", trust me) anymore. And the introduction words are again one of my early highlights of this issue, so take the time and read them. So, what do we get else?!? First of all still really a lot exciting stuff, 'cause even this issue is slight compared with it's ancestors, it still carries a lot of content in it, so calm down, 'cause you truly can be sure about it!!! So, we get a really long and intersting interview with the german Psychobilly warhorses of THEE FLANDERS (great interview, really, also covering the topics of "Halb 7 Records" and the- if you ask me totally overrated- "PSYCHOMANIA" fanzine, really good job), short interviews with the new Vikingrock band from Sverige of the name of SVA HJÄLTAR and the Oi! Punk band of RAUFHANDEL from Switzerland (both are nice introductions to this young bands), a double 'crosstalk' interview with the canadian Oi! band SKUNX and the candian Psychobilly band R.I.P. (both bands share the same members... and what maybe sounds now a little bit weird to you sounds really good at all, both bands, and the interview is really good, thumbs up for it), a interview that's taken 'round a year at all to have it completly done and it's with the french Punkrock band PADD' PANIK (good stuff, even Carsten seems to be a little disappointed with it, but it's really more than just 'okay', at least if you ask me, and yes, you all already know that you can trust me, haha;-)...), and also an interview with the austrian Psychobilly spitfires of SIR PSYKO & HIS MONSTERS. Okay, even I will never understand what anyone can somehow like that much about this whole childish retarded Billy music stuff, especially this goofy Psychobilly parish fair, all the Billy stuff here is really 'awsomely' (by the way, is this word anyhow really existing, haha;-)...?!?) done, so that it really graps you while you are reading it, and that's what counts when it comes to interviews, and at least SIR PSYKO & HIS MONSTERS, yes, I started to like them at least a little bit after some more intense activity with trying to getting worked into their music after becoming prying about them after reading this interview here. And damn it, what more can you ask for what an interview can do!!!???!!! Beside this interview artillery you also get a lot of record and band introductions written by the bands themselves, sometimes aligned with short interview questions, and this you get with the likes of KRAFTHEIM (great german Vikingrock band, and they are one of my favorite bands when it comes to this genre, so check them out), DONARS GROLL (also Vikingrock, also from Germany, not as good as KRAFTHEIM, but also a good band that you should give a try, and they are also answering some questions, for example they tell us something about the reasons why they've changed the label to release their record again so soon), LAMMKOTZE (german Oi! band, really good stuff, the band, the lyrics, the music, so support them), and also with MR. IRISH BASTARD (Irish Folk Punk from Germany, nice band, and they also tell us about their experiences and of their impressions they've won from their Japan tour). A lot of very good and also very interesting stuff to read, you see. But that wasn't all!!! Really?!? Really!!! Beside this all we still do get great reviews of records, fanzines, books, comics, and movies (and the reviews are also always a reason why I look forward to each single new issue of the "DER ZWERGPIRAT" fanzine, just great work and not the usual crap you get nowadays to read in most of all the printed fanzines at least here in Germany), the category of weird pets and their owners is continued with a guy named Slowmo and his snails (incredible, haha;-)...), the sick piece of human thrash named FRANCOIS L'OLLONAIS is introduced to us, the readers (yeahr, a new pirate introduction, and it's a great one, really detailed and intense work, thumbs up... but uh, I hope the guys that done the P.C. game "Pirates" will never see it, haha;-)...), and we do get also still a good big bunch of damn good written gig reports. You all should see now, that we do get a really 'rich' and really intersting and pretty unique content, the only thing that is a little bit pity is that Carsten did not continued the series of interviews with old and now defunct fanzines, hm, but maybe in the future again. I hope the "DER ZWERGPIRAT" will go on his piracy runs also in the future for quite a long while, 'cause it would really be big gap that would be left if it would get defunct. Ah, if you still did not get it, it's a print fanzine, coming wrapped in a colored front- and backcover, in a great looking black/white layout with fantastic grey contrasts and great picture quality, and all written in damn good tonguing, all written in german. And if you also still did not get it, then let me point it out: You have to read it, it's a must-read!!! Together with the "Oi! THE PRINT" the very best fanzine around you just can get!!! Get it!!! Read it!!! (Ah, and also the issue no. # 02 of the "REFLIX" movie zine is coming with this issue here again, but I will review it solely soon.)

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(PS: I've taken the headline of this post from an also already pretty old song of the german Heavy Metal band RUNNING WILD, but don't think because of that this would be a Heavy Metal fanzine, haha, nah, I though just that this lines would be somehow fitting to this fanzine review pretty good, haha;-)!!!)

So, now you get a video of the ULTIMA THULE side'band' of HOT ROD FRANKIE, playing some Psychobilly music for ya, and this time it's their song "HIGHWAY 69" that you can find on their second (?) full length release "LOST IN LYNCHLAND", so enjoy it, one of the bette Psychobilly bands out there.

HOT ROD FRANKIE - "HIGHWAY 69"