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Smash It Up is a Toronto punk fanzine. Despite the 1980 date on the cover, the part 3 of the Bangkok interview situates the release of this at February 1981. The issues starts out with a page and a half of reviews for recent releases like Nash the Slash's "Deadman's Curve" and the Clash's "Hitsville UK". Other reviews included Spandau Ballet's "the Freeze" and the Au Pairs "Diet". An odd review is Phil Collins "In the Air Tonight". There is also a Stranglers ep that I don't know about but most have come out after "Raven" which came out in 1979.
Interestingly this issue tucks in an interview with Sector 27 which was Tom Robinson's band who is most well known for the "Glad to be Gay" anthem.
There is another interview with Jean Jacques Burnell of the Stranglers. JJ tells the back story to a riot at a gig of theirs at a University in France, which they were about to go to court for. There was a slso a riot at a gig in Queensland Australia,which has even mre nefarious undertones associated to a local politician who was carrying out a campaign against punks and punk clubs. The song "Nuclear Device" was written about said politician.
There is an interview with Fred Frith about his record contract and had an appeal to punks for his Zappa meets Cage approach to guitar.
A reggae band by the name of One Love is interviewed. This band was a band made up of Ishan People (who were in the Last Pogo) and Mystics.
There is an interview with L'Etranger when they were a four piece. I found it intersting to learn about their appreciation of the Mods and that scene.
There is an interview with Drastic Measures who I remember seeing on the video shows and getting some radio airplay back in the day. I didn't realize that one of the members was in the Dishes.
There is a hilarious write up on the U-Knows which was an award show for alternative bands used to make a statement about the Junos. Sounds like it was just as bad as the ceremony it set about parodying.
Part 3 of the Bangkok interview appears here but it looses something from the absense of the other two parts.
Smash It Up was a Toronto punk fanzine. This issue came out in December 1980. This issues starts out with a report about local bands by Randy Swagger, which included information on the Points, the Sharks, the Government, the Demics, Martha and the Muffins, the Civilians, Teenage Head, Blank Generation, the Spoons, the B-Girls, the Secrets, True Confessions, the Viletones, Tyranna, and the Bop Cats.
The first interview is with the Slits where they wind up talking about Sid Vicious death, which had just happened.
There is an interview with Martha Johnson at a Hamilton show, where she sheds some light on how crappy it is to be signed to major label. I wish she had more space to elaborate.
There is an article on Ultravox which was done around a show they played in Toronto supporting "Vienna". I didn't realize that Midge Ure was in the Rich Kids and was offered the guitarist spot for the Pistols when Steve Jones left. This all seems weird talking about him as a guitarist in light of Ultravox being a synth band.
There is a review of a Joan Jett and the Blackhearts show with lots of photos.
There is an amazingly designed piece on a Siouxsie and the Banshees show on November 18th, 1980 at the Music Hall.
There is part one of an interview with Bangkok who were a new band that featured Mickey Skin of the Curse on vocals.
There is a back page ad for Edge Records which I am guessing had something to do with the Garys and were reported to have been releasing the Sharks record.