Motorbooty #3 (Ann Arbor MI)

Motorbooty #3, published by the anarchic offspring of Detroit's radical '60s, was a music and rock 'n' roll culture zine with a satirical bite and a love of the offbeat and fringe. As I remember, they always had a lot of great artwork in the pages, as well as editorial content that rested uneasily outside of what most of the alt-rock music zines were publishing at the time.

This issue includes a lengthy interview with irrepressible fringe artist Robert Williams, complimented by plenty of Williams' scatological artwork. Another interview features cult Minneapolis noise-punks Halo of Flies, and yet a third is with Markie Ramone of, well, The Ramones. There are also articles on Mudhoney, one of Seattle's most overlooked bands of the grunge era; industrial Goth terrorists Spahn Ranch; and incendiary author Kathy Acker. Throw in lots of cartoons, and some very cool psyche-styled artwork in the Rick Griffin vein, and you have a small, but entertaining issue of Motorbooty.

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VITAL STATISTICS:
• Issue #3
• Fall 1998
• B&W, 40-pages (plus color covers)
• Style: music zine

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
Robert Williams interview
Halo of Flies interview
Mudhoney article
Kathy Acker article
The Ramones interview

Motorbooty #5 (Ann Arbor MI)

Motorbooty is one of those zines that a lot of people know but few people have actually read. Much like similar zines such as Hitch or Chunklet, Motorbooty evinces a certain sarcastic attitude. Unlike those other zines, Motorbooty swaggered along with a Motor City vibe. Published out of Ann Arbor, Detroit's politically radical sister city (home of the White Panther Party in the '60s), the zine offered up an interesting combination of music and culture.

Motorbooty issue #5 features some great interviews in its section on the "Secret History Of Detroit Rock," including members of the MC5, Ron Asheton of the Stooges and poster artist Gary Grimshaw. This issue also includes interviews with free jazz giant Sonny Sharrock and gritty Southern novelist Harry Crews, articles on the Stooges Wax Museum and Ted Nugent as well as a number of full-page cartoons, including one by Peter Bagge, many of the others done in a '60s-influenced underground comix style. Altogether a very good issue of Motorbooty, a lot of fun to read and a welcome addition to the TMQ Zine Archive.

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VITAL STATISTICS:
• Issue #5
• Winter 1990
• B&W, 72-pages (plus color covers)
• Style: music zine

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
MC5 interviews
Gary Grimshaw interview
Ron Asheton/The Stooges interview
Ted Nugent
The Stooges Wax Museum
Peter Bagge cartoon