Tuesday, March 31, 2009

#6 - Released in March 2009

I spent most of the time between September '08 and February '09 sulking and feeling bad for myself. Unfortunate things happened between my ex and some of my friends, i hurt a great friend's feelings and i had gotten kicked out of Reign Supreme. I got a job for the first time in like 3 years stocking shelves at the supermarket down the street on the graveyard shift, which i'm still doing. i rarely leave my house and spend most of my time watching SVU marathons with my dog. I put this issue together mainly because i had my journal from Israel and i figured i had nothing better to do. Not touring has taken a decent toll on zine sales because that's where i got rid of most of them. I made 110 copies and still have plenty left, so you should pick one up if you like what you see below. ordering info can be found at www.myspace.com/gtrzine.





















Tuesday, March 24, 2009

#5 - Released in June 2008

I put this one together before Reign Supreme left for our tour last summer. We went out to the west coast with Let Down and came back with the Carrier. All the shows were awesome. Sound and Fury, This is Hardcore and tons of other awesome shows were included in this tour. All the copies i had left were sold on a tour we did a few weeks after we got home with Advent and Heavy Hearted. This was the last tour i went on before getting the boot from Reign Supreme. bummer. Please note the picture of Bob Wilson on the last page. best dude.





















#4 - Released in January 2008

I put this together right before I went on my second US tour with Reign Supreme. This tour spanned all over the states, Mexico and Canada. All the copies were sold on tour i believe, but i could be wrong. I believe there was 150 or 200 in all. I made 50 copies that i numbered for "operation beatdown" fest in Moscow, Russia. This was a fest that i went with CDC to...all expenses paid. it was crazy. but yeah, i definitely sold like 2 zines at the fest, haha. the rest were sold on later tours with Reign Supreme and random Leavenworth/Nutbox shows. This is also when i started charging $2 for each copy because staples raised their copy price from 6 cents to 8 cents per copy, making the production cost $1.60 an issue. so this is where i became an asshole and started "turning a profit".