MAD is undoubtedly one of NorthernCalifornia's best bands-extremelytight, raging hardcore . Hailing fromSanta Cruz, these 3 surfers and askater really gnarl . I mean, they'rereal shreddy . Oh fuck, what I reallymean is that they're an incrediblypowerful outfit of perfectionists,who more than hold their own withthe

great

well-known

powerhousebands.

M .R .D . is a military acronym forMutual Assured Destruction, a themeof some of their songs . Cliff, thesinger, says they're not a 'politi-cal' band, but have a very personal-ized perspective.When I tried to get to the root of

their intensity, I wiped out, so Ithink it might be better to justquote some of the guys' statements.Needless to say, they are prettyfunny.MRR : Steve, what do you think aboutwhen you're up there playing quitarwith these incredibly pained expres-sions on your face?

I think, oh what am I doing here,I should be at night school.I should mention that I'm anti-

beach, surfing and bodysurfing.I moved to Santa Cruz 'cause it's

a little LA.MRR : How are you different from ty-pical surf clones?

Cliff : They way we look, there'slots of jealosy, believe it or not.All these kooks sit there and actlike they surf, then they condemnyou for having short hair, then yougo out and surf better.

I don't mind not having a lot offood to eat and being kinda skrotey.Dave : They can't accept people dif-ferent . They think they gotta bebetter and put you down some waycause they're bitchin', blond andwavy haired.Cliff : There's tension between sur-fers even from one side of town andthe other . You gotta watch out forsome big gnarly surfers .

The [punk] scene got real separa-ted ; a lot of people hated eachother . But now it's growing closertogether, and there are great bandslike RYOT, FALSE ALARM and stuff.MRR : Why do you always wear thatdumb hat, Steve?Steve : Actually, I think it's abouttime to go to Supercuts . I'm thor-oughly disgusted with the hairdo, soI wear the hat all the time.Bill : Steve keeps us on the righttrack (with his fanatacism in song-writing] . No matter how often wethink he's wrong, he ends up beingright.Steve : Remember, nobody rules.

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