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Waterloo Chronicle (Waterloo, On1868), 23 Jun 2010, p. 26

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:s-wsiitono”moisten,whom-sits» mum .‘010 Classic punk [ The Forgotten Rebels still have something to say after 30 years of raging ~_ relerring to sold~oiit club converts best punk rock lyricists. forming the music he loves, and on l - in Hamilton, llrantlord and 1.on- “lyrically, they were slightly hisown terms l f < don political but also very amusing. 1 “I‘ve had a great time so for, l’ve : :- . ‘7 y -_ "i had to keep a cane Wllh me think a lot of it was satirical. espe- got a beautiful wile, and l lust like i ‘ "I.“ H. 1 _‘ .1. on stage so that when people t'ially lyriCs like, ‘Botnb the boats doin‘ it .., it's a big party ever} l 2 “if”. - ‘3 7.. ' would stage dive, they wouldn't and feed their f~---~ flesh to the time." he said, “The hardest thing i , [riff f, ’ y; ' "r y ‘ step on my surgically altered foot," fislt'" to do is to earn your first million. h V- 5 , ‘ 7“ 3‘, . ; With an upcoming con- """"“"""’"""'â€"‘7" ““"'" ' i”"' and that was years ago. . i "'9‘ ,' (f cert in Waterloo at Chain» ' Wf‘fil so I don't really care l . . . ' )3 saw on June 26. The l‘or- 3v, «fr ‘ a because I'm independ ,’ K gotten Rebels are expect- , v a . ‘ C h | ently wealthy and coni- ; >.. , . 2,:{ , 3“ ‘ . ,' ing another pzlifjked house. l ‘ f, L A ‘ I ~A fortable, and working , , ‘ ' _. a , “We've so out every "" â€" . ~ . f; ‘ ' I partâ€"time asan underwa l t . * 9'» .‘P 31‘ '- if”? club we've played â€"'\sie'y'e E 5‘ 5â€"; ‘Jâ€"vLJ ter welder helps too," I . , :‘1 :' ’ ' ‘ 255 11’? never had an empty club." '5r _ - _’ "T: .4 Mickey also acknowl I . “ ‘ A I” ' " ‘ be boasts from his Hamil~ r A. ' ', edges that his politically I '"g a: ton home. “I think I played I .9 " ‘ . ‘ 1" incorrect, satirical lyrit s l lg: _ >‘ some club in 1980, it was ‘ I #2. such as "Elvis is dead, ‘ - E "' ; :3 ‘ ' , ’ supposed to hold 700 peo- ,: m a? _- Elvis is dead. the big fat \ , -. 5 ‘ 3 e ‘ ; ple but only seven people ‘ ~ ‘ , ’ goof is dead. dead, ‘ were there, and 1 think ’ ’1‘ sg ._ dead.” probably prevent; l , ‘ 3 1980 was the last time anyâ€" v" ‘ ‘ l ’ ed The Forgotten Rebels . ‘. thing like that happened," ‘ . s ‘ ' I, from finding success on it ' ' Indeed. lhe Forgotten \ /7 I ~ %‘ inattirlahel, 11 Rebels have been selling ‘ ‘l. _ <- " “ l he l'l‘t'til’d rompa . " ' “ , out Clubs for three decades . ' “7” l ‘ [ties missed a lot of good . “ £5; ,‘ With their hard-core folâ€" ml l ‘5 "this . 1 hands, and I think .1 lot oi ’ ("ta / lowing, partly because , ‘ -, _ i those bands are still sf,"- -,:' / they only perform a hand» ‘_ _, . . _ â€"‘ M... ___._ ,-_. . .... ._.._. around today because ' / fol of selected venues a year. Classic land controversial) people still listen to theiu,andthes . , My" : " - I'heir website. l-orgotten- songs like Bomb the Boats. l~-» Me should have been big hark then." ‘ ' _ RCht‘l\,Lllnl, states ol their origins: Dead, and [bird Homosexual Murv he said, , .5; .- f" j 4-“. , ‘ ‘ "Derivative but entertaining. der keep The Forgotten Rebels‘ “And I guess were one of those I ., f ,7 Ontario's l-orgotten Rebels deliv- albums on the shelves of tnde» hands, We still play and we still . ‘ ' ered trashy glam-punk With the pendent record stores like lznmre party, and I hope everybodt who > . , snottines's of the Sex Pistols, the Records, tomes out to the show in Waterloo . . .7 'l dopey humour of [he Ramones, “l lheir 1980 debut i In love WI“ be as happy to see us as we are " / and the big books of liars (illlll’r with the System is available on til) to play there " a ' and'l.Rex" and still sells regularly," says } '. ‘ .. A Mark Logan, owner of Kitchen logan "It‘s a ( Inssic album, not ’9»; ;' ’4 ‘ y»? er's Encore Retords, remembers Just as a Canadian punk record. The Forgotten , " .- well the early days of lhe l‘tirgotr but ld put that up against lhe V. . - ’ ten Rebels. and saw them perform Ramones or any of their peers Rebels ' ' live numerous times over the from outside the country w it's Broadcast Zero. The Blame-its. ‘ years. that strong " and Acid Drop Mi<key DeSadist isn't letting a little INJUYY slow him down as he brings the “The first time l saw them was Mickey concurred: "l think our lune 25_ 8 pm to 2 am Forgotten Rebels to Waterloo this Saturday .mwwmm at The Backdoor in Kitchener in musit has stood the test of time, Chainsaw the earl '805," said [to an, who es etiall ' the live band, 1 meet v» . - BY MARWAU WU“) the” fl” 5"" "H”Hh‘r “My Wlk‘ had also mils his own recogrd label, pegple inytheir twenties who tell fictgsg:;:ag::floo V“ “I 1’” hm” 1" '0 “Vb“?! ”‘1' around everywhere," Busted Flat Records. “When they me their parents listened to [be Encore Records “1” ”1*" mm“ “”P ‘hi’ flam- came out, it was basically them, Forgotten Rebels. 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