Fans of classic punk rock have plenty to celebrate this coming April 9th. Lansing, Michigan’s finest sons The Meatmen will be descending upon Portland on that date as part of their “What Could Possibly Go Wrong?” tour. They’ll be playing the fine punk/metal venue Plan B alongside local outfits Therapists and Belligerents, as well Mr. Plow from Canada and Against The Grain.
If that weren’t enough, if you visit Jackpot Records‘ Hawthorne location that day, you’ll have a chance to meet Meatmen front man Tesco Vee. He’ll be visiting the shop to sign copies of the recently released Touch And Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79-‘83, a collection of the Midwest punk ‘zine that helped spawn the record label of the same name.
Here are all the details from Jackpot:
Saturday, April 9th, Meatmen singer/raconteur Tesco Vee will be stopping into Jackpot Records on Hawthorne to sign and read from his new book ‘Touch And Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine ’79-‘83’.
Before finding universal praise and love for his band The Meatmen, Mr. Vee started Touch And Go ‘zine along with Dave Stimson. Legendary in underground punk and ‘zine circles, T&G chronicled, catapulted and crucified the country-wide wave of hardcore and punk that was bubbling under as the ‘70’s became the ‘80’s. Bands like Black Flag, Poison Idea, Minor Threat and The Misfits among scores of others were profiled in print, many of them for the first time. Now, all issues of that galvanizing ‘zine have been folded into this massive volume that deserves shelf space in the home of anyone even vaguely interested in punk, hardcore or music history in general, really.
For this date, the notoriously entertaining Tesco Vee will be reading from, selling and signing copies of this massive chronicle.
He will also be doing whatever else he wants. If you’re familiar with the scene that birthed him, this isn’t exactly going to be Robert Waller reading from Madison County.
