Obzine

LOCATION: Blue Mountains, NSW

GENRE: Music

YEARS ACTIVE: 1999-2002

NUMBER OF ISSUES: 26

ISSUES IN THE NOISE LEVELS ARCHIVE: All issues.

EDITOR: Mark Alston

CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Alston, Brad Deadman, Adam O'Sullivan, Nathan Nott, Craig McVea, Mick Bell, Keturah Bedford, Adam Wotherspoon, Phil Williams, Caleb Bedford, David Schleter, Lucinda, Roy Van-Fonz, Auntie Edna, Lisa Jenner, Troy Schleter, Samantha Dixon, Skankin' Shaun Ahern, Daniel Herborn, Phillip Jefferey, Michelle Grisdale, Luke Bartolo, Ralph Music, see individual issues for more.

Issue #1 - June 1999

CONTRIBUTORS: Chris, Sam

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Futile

Issue #2 - August 1999

CONTRIBUTORS: Chris, Sam

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Ubiquitous

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Futile

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Bred From Hate, Futile, Glister, Milford

Issue #3 - September 1999

CONTRIBUTORS: Brad Deadman, Adam O'Sullivan

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: By All Means, Raunchy Records (Label)

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Brimstone, Glister

Issue #4 - October 1999

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Fifth Place

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Fifth Place, Meanderthal, Watching Ember, By All Means

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Nancy Vandal, Skeptic, Speckled Foam, The Hassle Brigade, Cryogenic

Issue #5 - November 1999

CONTRIBUTORS: Nathan Nott, Craig McVea

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Clobassi, Milton, Ralph Music (Promoter), True L

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Brimstone, Crapulous Gee Gaw, Fatigue, Sandalbutt, True L

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Fifth Place, Making Out with Sound, Porndrug, Spudgun, The Hassle Brigade, Smudge

Issue #6 - December 1999

CONTRIBUTORS: Mick Bell, Keturah Bedford, Adam Wotherspoon, Phil Williams, Nathan Nott, Caleb Bedford, David Schleter

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Heifer, Weave

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Argus Tuft, Earth to Nigel

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Argus Tuft, Buff Tundrel, Clobassi, Dungeon, Heifer, Plummet, Primary, Sandalbutt, Speckled Foam, Superphonic, The Hassle Brigade, You Blabbed About Mars

Issue #7 - January 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Dave Schleter, Nathan Nott, Lucinda, Phil Williams, Roy, Auntie Edna, Craig McVea

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Earwax, Spudgun, Watching Ember

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Clobassi,

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Clobassi, Earth to Nigel, Fatigue, Fifth Place, Germ Warfare Specialists, Heathen, Loki, Milton, The Hassle Brigade, True L, Unpaid Debt

Issue #8 - March 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Lisa Jenner, Phil Williams, Craig McVea, Troy Schleter, Samantha Dixon, Skankin' Shaun, Daniel Herborn

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Gimp, Sickend, Slavegrinder, Swindle, Unpaid Debt

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Porndrug

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Brimstone, Never Pay Retail, The Frugals

Issue #9 - April 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Lisa Jenner, Lucinda, Daniel Herborn, Skankin' Shaun Ahern, Dave Schleter, Phillip Jefferey, Phil Williams, Craig McVea

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Daniel Holdsworth (Watching Ember, Snare), Gimp, Jettison, Porndrug, Shenavyre Skuzz, Spudgun

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Ballpark, Glister, Skuzz, Strident

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Ballpark, By All Means, Clobassi, Free Rent, Gimp, Strident, Topnovil

Issue #10 - May 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Lisa Jenner, Dave Schleter, Luke Bartolo, Michelle Grisdale, Lucinda, Daniel Herborn, Roy Van-Fonz, Keturah Bedford, Phil Williams, Ralph Music

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Clobassi, FBI (Community Radio Station)

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Compressed Infinity, Decayed Divinity, Milton, Neveready, Seventeen, Topnovil, Two Faced Angels

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Ballpark, Barkode, Disgruntled, Fifth Place, Glister, Lament, Navajo, No U Turn, One Dollar Short, Overview, Sickend, Slavegrinder, Spudgun, The Last Hemeroids, Topnovil, Two Faced Angels, Under the Influence, Unpaid Debt 

 

 

Issue #11 - June 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Dave Schleter, Luke Bartolo, Lucinda, Roy Van-Fonz, Craig McVea, Daryl, Andrew Phillips, Sean, Ralph Music

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Strident

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Fatigue, Heifer, Milford, Spudgun

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Clobassi, Dungeon, Fatigue, Glister, Meanderthal, Milford, Milton, Neveready, Room 101, Spudgun, Strident, Testeagles, The Kindred, Ubiquitous

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Mourning George 

Issue #12 - July 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Dave Schleter, Luke Bartolo, Lucinda, Roy Van-Fonz, Andrew Phillips, Daniel Holdsworth, Kylie McCaffrey

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Oblique, Withdisdain

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Snare

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Clobassi, Elephant Gun, Enertia, Fatigue, Free Rent, Heifer, Loki, Milton, Mourning George, Neveready, Nitocris, Segression, Sickend, Skulker, Swindle, The Brain, The Hassle Brigade, The Last Hemeroids, Topnovil, Withdisdain

 

Issue #13 - August 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Luke Bartolo, Lisa, Andrew Phillips, Chris, Amanda Lumsden, Dale Hurley, Smidy, Phil Williams, K. Strange

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Gang Awry, Heifer, The Oi-Skas, The Shenanigans

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Fifth Police, Withdisdain

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Arse Police, Fifth Place, Gimp, Glister, Heifer, Fratricide, Front End Loader, Midstream, Milton, Nor, Secondbest, Shenavyre, Short Notice, Slavegrinder, Snare, Spoonfed, Spudgun, The Oi-Skas, The Plan, The Shenanigans, Underside, Unpaid Debt, You Blabbed About Mars

Issue #14 - September 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Simo, Phil Williams, Luke Bartolo, Glen, Amanda Lumsden, David Schleter, Lucinda Curran, Keturah, Caleb Bedford, Steve Bromley, Mark D., Andrew Phillips, J. Nathan, Brad 'Bomber' Moore

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Snare, Compressed Infinity, Fifth Place, Cause of Death

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Real, Given, Weeve

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: 28 Days, Even, Superheist, The Blood Idols, Milton, Snare, Unpaid Debt, Neveready, Spoonfed, Eddie Would Go, Sick Puppies, Blue, Aerials Span Earth, Navajo, Dropweight, Nitocris, Vampit, 78 Saab, Lo-Tel, Earth to Nigel, Oscarlima, Euphonic

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Weeve, Polystigma

Issue #15 - October 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: Glen, K., Craig McVea, Luke Bartolo, Daniel Herborn, Brad, Vlad Drac, Andrew Phillips, Roy Van Fonz, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Amanda Lumsden

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Room 101, Normal Day, Wide Load

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Transtar, Swindle

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Heifer, Motorace, Paul Kelly, David Bridie, Parker, Skulker, Diana Ah Naid, Wide Load, No More Junk, Clobassi, Keepsake, Fletcher, Aidan, Evandim, Shenavyre, Fifth Place, Snare

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Jonah's Pride, Kamikaze Harry

Issue #16 - November 2000

CONTRIBUTORS: K., Phil Williams, Luke Bartolo, Aiden Roberts, Todd Barker, Luke Dempsey, Andrew Phillips, Joss Nathan, Roy Van Fonz, Brad Bomber Moore, David

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Transtar, gueVara, Face the Facts, Spudgun, Secondbest, Footlong, 

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Highround No. 28, 

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Chin Chen, You Blabbed About Mars, The Porkers, Oblivia, Pretty Violet Stain, Glister, Sunk Loto, Sick Puppies, Fatigue, Spoonfed, Emma Charlton, Ben Gilholme, Transtar, Snare, Tim Rogers, The Intercontinental Playboys

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Earth to Nigel, Fifth Place, Glister, Porndrug, Compressed Infinity, Real, Spudgun, Jettison, True L, Jonah's Pride, Emma Charlton, Clobassi, Skuzz, Psycoma, Strident, Heifer, Futile

Issue #17 - December 2000 

CONTRIBUTORS: Glen, Dave Schleter, Roy Van Fonz, K., Luke Bartolo, Chris, Nathan, Joss Nathan, Andrew Phillips, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Mira Medic, Douggo, Phil Williams, Evan Byrnes, Steve Austin, Sean Richards, Graham Douglas, Kittysmak Promotions

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Jonah's Pride, Earth to Nigel, Rusticated, Secondbest, Disowned, Heroine

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Rusticated, Dungeon, Fifth Place, Earth to Nigel, Glister, Porndrug, Compressed Infinity, Real, Psycoma, Spudgun, Strident, Heifer, Futile, Jettison, True L, Jonah's Pride, Emma Charlton, Clobassi

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Lucretia, The Shenanigans, Slavegrinder, Cherub Mafia, Outside Chance, Faux Pas, Spudgun. 1000 Slimy Things, Withdisdain, The Oi-Skas, Glister, Clobassi, Keepsake, Below the Belt, Fifth Place, Rusticated, Jerk, Segression, Heifer, Acquiesce, Rachel Gaudry, Think Tank, Not For You, Heart Felt Self, Irrelevant

Issue #18 - February 2001

CONTRIBUTORS: Dave Schleter, Luke Bartolo, Glen, K., Andrew Phillips, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Tony, Phil Williams, Joss Nathan

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: The Grind, Speedball, Notion, Given

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Daniel Holdsworth, Spoonfed, Strange Friends, Vernon Neilly

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Badtown Allstars, Endusk, Cherub Mafia, Milford, Glister, Epicentre, 1000 Slimey Things, Withdisdain, Snare, Milton, Emma Charlton, Lisa By Night, The Shenanigans, The Scrubbers, Little More Than You, Earth to Nigel, Faker, Jamie Quaser, Jonah's Pride, Speedball, Blatherskite, Roger The Engineer

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Nitocris, Love Letter Scandal, Calibre, Kamikaze Harry, One Dollar Short, Crabs on Uranus

Issue #19 - April 2001 

CONTRIBUTORS: Luke Bartolo, Glen, K., Andrew Phillips, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Louise, Lisa, Sam, Phil Williams

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Keepsake, Cryogenic, PJ Zero

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Silica Bliss, Jonah's Pride, Blueprint Comedown

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Palladium, Eskimo Joe, The Superjesus, Sekiden, Skulker, Killing Heidi, Sunk Loto, Powderfinger, Alex Lloyd, Sodastream, Art of Fighting, Section Closed

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: One Dollar Short, Polystigma, Crank, The Shirkers, H-Block 101, The Hassle Brigade, Frenzal Rhomb, Psycoma, The Shenanigans, Flow

Issue #20 - June 2001

CONTRIBUTORS: Glen, K., Phil Williams, Luke Bartolo, Andrew Phillips, Joss Nathan, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Tim Williams, Troy, Anne Barry, Adam, Louise Mac, Joe Mule, The Masked Avenger, Homer K. Simpson

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Glance

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Matt Walker, By All Means, Glance, Unpaid Debt

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Blunt, Normal Day, Endusk, Cherub Mafia, Merge, Fifth Place, Spudgun, Bred From Hate, Earth to Nigel, Withdisdain, Monty, Given, Rollerball, Thumlock, Bob Sledge, Polystigma, Swindle, Little More Than You, Irrelevant, Clobassi, One Dollar Short, Secondbest, Superheist, Cryogenic, Testeagles, Grinspoon, Athan, Ben, Acrylic, Chris Shaw, Department, The Lyrical Madmen, Sick Puppies, The Mavis's, Machine Gun Fellatio, Arab Strap, Watership Down, Sodastream, The Last Hemeroids, Bagster

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Secondbest, Crank, Game Over, Toe to Toe, One Dollar Short, H-Block 101, Frenzal Rhomb, Jebediah, Transtar, Withdisdain, Glister

Issue #21 - July 2001

CONTRIBUTORS: Amanda Lumsden, Chris Dewhurst, John Nothing, Luke Bartolo, Phil Williams, Naomi Crew, Chris Alston, John Larter, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Dave Schleter, Anne Barry, Glen, Troy Schleter, K.

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Unpaid Debt, Dungeon, Mourning George, Alstee

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Newtons Cradle, Rusticated, Adam Cole, Merge, Bob Sledge, Fatigue, Alstee, Psycoma

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Matt Walker, Mark Dalton, Greg Atkinson, Jekyll Switch, Redsands, Kyser, The Monarchs, Fletcher, Keepsake, Little More Than You, Clobassi, One Dollar Short, Telementry Orchestra, Deep Child, Meem, Scream Age, Glister, Aidan Roberts, Daniel Holdsworth, Field Day

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Spudgun, Glance, Normal Day, Heifer

Issue #22 - September 2001

CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel Holdsworth, Phil Williams, Dave Schleter, Troy Schleter, Luke Bartolo, Glen, Graham Douglas, Michelle Keomany, Dom Kelsell, Couchman, Pete Newman, Naomi Crew, Danielle Long

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Skuzz, Dave McCormack, Loners with Boners, Clobassi, Mindset, Newton's Cradle

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Aidan Roberts, Jerk

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Halitus, Newton's Cradle, Acrylic, Aiden Roberts, Alstee, Jon Hunter, Go to Bed Jessica, Rated X

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Milton, Little More Than You, Fifth Place, Snare, All Seasons Music

Issue #23 - October 2001

CONTRIBUTORS: Daniel Holdsworth, Phil Williams, Dave Schleter, Troy Schleter, Chris, Luke Bartolo, Glen, Graham Douglas, Simon Couchman, Pete Newman, Warren Mills, Jolon Larter, Kylie McCaffrey, Olivia Simmons, Brad 'Bomber' Moore, Aiden Roberts, Joss, Tony Newton, Andrew Phillips

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Halitus, Last in Charge

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Melanie Horsnell, Where Echoes End

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Tim Rogers, Jacinta Tobin, Jacqueline Amidy, Andrew Langley, Orasa, The Porkers, Little More Than You, The Psyclones, Melanie Horsnell, Brett Winterford, Tim, Jekyll Switch, Scream Age, Dead Inside the Chrysalis, Gersey, Peter Fenton, Sodastream, Nebula, Dernrutlidge, Nunchukka Superfly, The Teddysexuals, The Green Light, Earth to Nigel, Bidston Moss

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Withdisdain, Fletcher, Psycoma, Glister, Blackboard Bear, Secondbest, Unpaid Debt, Polystigma, Area 7, Crank, One Dollar Short, Silencer Seven

Issue #24 - November 2001 

CONTRIBUTORS: Warren Abela, Chris Alston, Luke Bartolo, Graham Douglas, Glen Fredericks, Danny Holdsworth, Jolon Larter, Warren Mills, Peter Newman, Tony Newton, Andrew Phillips, Adam Rawson, Dave Schleter, Troy Schleter, Phil Williams

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Abby Dobson, Counterwait, Disabled, Earth to Nigel, Hollowpoint, All in Favour

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Search for Delta 9, Blackbored Bear, Dumpster, Heifer

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Louisville Sluggers, Little More Than You, The Alleybrats, Area 7, Blueline Medic, Lazaro's Dog, One Dollar Short, Seraphs Coal, Little Lunch, Irrelevant, The Kindergarten Experiment, Withdisdain, Shamen's Ride, Fatigue, Lash, Faker, Grind, 9 O'Clock No James, Earth to Nigel, Newton's Cradle, C-Minus Project, The Shenanigans, Given

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: Heifer, Last in Charge

Issue #25 - February 2002

CONTRIBUTORS: Chris Alston, Luke Bartolo, Michelle Catanzaro, Glen Fredericks, Danny Holdsworth, Warren Mills, Peter Newman, Tony Newton, Andrew Phillips, Troy Schleter, Phil Williams

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Fat Slinky, Little More Than You, Double Standard, Stuck on 1st, Spudgun, Crale, New Horizon, The Kitschettes, Titan Outfits

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Earth to Nigel, Faker, The Butterfly Effect, Grise, Spudgun, Mr Blonde

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Redsands, Jerk, Three Second Memory, Clay Soldiers, Notion, Irrelevant, Life.Love.Regret, Seconds Away, The Kindergarten Experiment, The Vitals

Issue #26 - June 2002

CONTRIBUTORS: Barry Adamson, Chris Alston, Luke Bartolo, Evan Byrnes, Glen Fredericks, Jolon Larter, Warren Mills, Joss Nathan, Tony Newton, Andrew Phillips, Dave Schleter, Troy Schleter, Erin Williams, Phil Williams

AUSTRALIAN BANDS INTERVIEWED: Save Some For Daddy, Secondbest, Subnation, Endusk, New Horizon, Lucretia, One by Wednesday

AUSTRALIAN BAND RELEASES REVIEWED: Little More Than You, The Lyrical Madmen, Community Health, Circle of Willis, The Kindergarten Experiment, Dumpster

AUSTRALIAN BANDS LIVE REVIEWED: Titan Outfits, All in Favour, Unpaid Debt, The Butterfly Effect, Fur Patrol, Lavaland, The Vines, Little More Than You, 99% Fat, Bagster, Eighty M, Double Standard, Full Ride 20, The Drugs, Just For Now, Polystigma, Betchadupa, The Devoted Few, Embodiment 12:14, Day of Contempt, The Killchoir Project, Slackjaw, Jerk, Tourettes, Irrelevant

NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN BANDS: The Shenanigans, Phunk Sponge, Cherub Mafia, Stuck on 1st

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