Free PDF download: AUTOreverse Issue One (1995)

People have been asking for years how to get copies of the original print run of AUTOreverse.

This issue includes interviews, reviews and essays by home recording artists and a raw graphical style that is pure, improvised grindcore for the eyes.

Contributions include essays by Carl Howard and Eric Lanzillotta, interviews with Chris Reider (Luster), John Sosnowski (Broca’s Area) plus reviews of self-released cassettes, CDs and records.

Published in 1995 and almost immediately out of print. Available here for the first time in PDF form.

last one for today, AUTOreverse Issue One review – SANITY ASSASSINS 7″ (1995)

excerpt from AUTOreverse Issue One

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SANITY ASSASSINS
Martian Beach / Hot Foot 7″
Comes on like a surf record. Uptempo rock, or is it punk? (That’s not a philosophical question, I’m really curious) Overly reverbed distorto guitar over a driving bass-n-drums beat. “Hot Foot” is fast and has all of your favorite surf elements: tremolo guitars, fast ride cymbal work. Makes me think of loud cars and old rockabilly guys trying to keep their hair from going flat in the sun. We surf a lot in Ohio, so this is like soul music to me.
Ian C Stewart

another AUTOreverse Issue One excerpt – CD review – BACCHUS JIHAD (1995)

BACCHUS JIHAD
BACCHUS JIHAD CD
Music that has no agenda, and that can’t be compared to anybody else’s has always appealed to me. That’s the case with Bacchus Jihad. This CD was really relaxing, and very emotionally absorbing. The vocals, (especially in the first track “Cranial Bedfellows”) are absolutely beautiful. The CD contains a lot of machines, a little chanting, and other fun-filled effects. There is a lot of unmasked potential here, and I hope everyone who read this will give them a true listen. If I had to throw it at a certain group of listeners, I would reocmmend this to anyone who likes a cross between industrial and gothic, and has a sense of humor.
Kim Rizzo

AUTOreverse Issue One excerpt (1995) an essay. My first tape recorder.

My First Tape Recorder by Ian C Stewart

Pretend you care for a minute. On my 8th birthday, I got my first tape recorder. I’m sure my mom grew to regret her choice of gifts within hours of giving it to me. I took it with me everywhere. Mostly I remember recording myself reacting to the other kids in the neighborhood and at school. There was also a brief period where I stood there with the tape recorder every time I had to pee. You know… compare the lengths of each pee, etc. As a kid, it seemed like research but now it would be some kind of joke. I also recorded a lot of things on radio and TV. Recording was always more important than listening, which I rarely did. I often recorded over entire tapes without even listening to them. One of these days I’ll break out those old tapes from 1980 and surprise myself with what I find. I hope. Then again, it could be a bunch of classic rock b.s. from the radio. QFM for 2 hours or some shit.

Ian C Stewart