What Wave Issue 9
Published March 86, still on a hectic publishing schedule. Printed offset as are all of the remaining issues, and once again features some various coloured pages. This ish had a pathetic cover using some snakeskin styled mactac (vinyl wallpaper like stuff with a peel off back that is sticky) that we threw together real quick and didn't come out like we hoped it would. Our least favourite WW cover. This ish did have a neat little comic book inside called the Vox of Horror drawn by resident artist Dave Clarke.
This issue featured interviews with The Vipers.Some clown with an English accent, from CHRW interviewed The Vipers at the same time as we did and played the interview on the radio with his dubbed questions and the Viper's answers to our questions. We weren't on the radio interview at all and this clown had no idea who the band was or what to ask them. As usual we had done our homework and brought records to be autographed. The Vipers turned out to be a great bunch of guys and lead singer Jon is presently one of the head honchos at NYC's Cavestomp), Florida Razors, Trouble Boys, UIC, The Flying Squad, Splatcats, Southern Image ( a 60's band from nearby St Thomas who supplied us with some nice vintage photos), Lyres, Scruffy the Cat, Band 19 and the Enigmas. Articles on the Legend Killers (1st of many, as they have the distinction of being the only band on all of the WW cassettes), Raymen, Standells and a pile of other stuff. Also had our pics for the records of the year for 1985, with Deja Voodoo 'Too Cool To Live...' taking top spot and the Lyres 'She Pays the Rent' taking top spot for single of the year, those were the days...Again long out of print, even if it did have a pathetic cover.