Jersey Beat #54 (Weehawken NJ)

A couple more years have passed, and I must have found this issue of Jersey Beat at the long lost Tower Records store in Nashville. The zine looks a lot like it always has, only fatter (with more pages), and a return to the slick cover.

This is a special D.I.Y. issue with a lot of information on home recording, running an indie record label, promoting basement shows and other valuable stuff that is still relevant today. The D.I.Y. special report includes interviews with notable do-it-yourselfers like Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover zine, Tom Cassar of Vital Music and Mailorder, Jeff Thies of Too Damn Hype Records and others.

Issue #54 of Jersey Beat also includes the zine's typical well-rounded music coverage, including Q&A interviews with American Standard, One Nature, Empty Stares, Flatus, Halo Boots, and Dog Pound. The issue also features a lot of (expanded) review pages for singles, live shows, demo tapes, records and zines. A few columns cover 60s garage rock and indie music. All in all, one of the most entertaining and informative music zines that you'd find at the time....

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VITAL STATISTICS:
• Issue #54
• Summer 1995
• B&W, 80-pages, newsprint (plus slick covers)
• Style: music zine

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
American Standard interview
Halo Boots interview
Empty Stares interview
Jack Rabid interview
Special "D.I.Y" section
--> also live show reviews, album & zine reviews, review columns and lots of photos