VALVE has grown from a thin band zine to a comprehensive record of events, photocopy art, poetry, short stories, band stuff, reviews and cartoons from a collective of fucked up mutants based in Palmerston North, New Zealand but producing material from a wide range of sources around NZ (and occasionally the world)
We welcome tapes, writing, gossip, cartoons etc from anywhere.List of issues still available:
Valve No.7:Includes a 75 minute mainly spoken word CD featuring UNsane, Jellow Biafra, Rhonda K, Stumpthumper, Ekul and Nad, Sandra Bell, Baldman, HDU, Gaylene, Zennith Street Cleaner, Leonard Nimoy, Claires Un Natural Twin, Body Bomb, Jack Black, Foisemaster, Delux Doom Inc.
features in this 100 page issue include long interviews with Sandra Bell and Jello, shorter ones with Foisemaster, the Susans, the Livids and Spotty Dog. Features on KRKRK Cassettes from Christchurch, poets Rhonda K, Gaylene, Sandra Bell, Ekul and Nad, Luke Badger, performance artists:The calling has Ceased and Jack Black. A Cunt/Unsane NZ Tour diary, short stories by Dave White, Claire Pannell, Andrew Stephens and Witcyst.
Art by Witcyst, Dan Campion, Alan, and Matt Hunt. Pages of graphics and stuff by all the bands on the CD, reviews and .......
500 made, available now for $20US
Valve No.6:Includes a 16 track LP pressed in the USA featuring:CUNT:whats the colour of blood,SCRATCH:fuck me, MEAT MARKET:asylum, CANNIBAL SEX KICKS:big brother, POLIO:twitch, E HAW:strawman, DOG TOOTH VIOLET:sex on the beach, SURPLUS SONS OF A FACTORY NATION:parallel loop system s927, FROITHEAD:river, MASTER CHEESE MAKER:sick, PARANYMPH:love song, STATE OF HATE:nazarene, ASHVINS:my staunch girlfriend, FALSE:clive/dave, LIVIDS:garage sale, FOISEMASTER:relentless bullshit.
features in this 108 page issue include Ima Hitt records, Yellow Bike Record Cutting lathe, Zeni Geva, a long interview with A HANDFUL OF DUST (Bruce Russell of Dead C and Alistair Galbraith), Cunt interview, Girlpatch, Motorsheep and Mastercheesemaker interviews, , short stories by Dave White and Andrew Stephens and Luke Badger, poetry by Marcus and Rhonda K and Neena (also interview), loads of cartoons by Jack Black, report on the West Coast by Gonk of Sonic Lobotomy Tapes, and on Rotorua by Insample Zine, and Christchurch by Subscide Zine and Passage Tapes man Grant McDonagh (Sunburn Zine), stuff from Human, Swarm and all the bands on the record, reviews and a FroitHead/Blunt NZ Tour diary.
300 made (very few left):available now for $25US
Valve No.5:Includes a 7"EP featuring one track each from FROITHEAD, BLUNT, MEATMARKET, ASHVINS.
36 page magazine features interviews with Froithead, Meatmarket, Blunt, Ashvins, Foismaster, a LUNG USA Tour Diary, stuff on Trash, Livids, Full Noise, Zigsaur, Jack Black, Wearable Art Awards, Next Big Thing, Christchurch death metal, French punk rock and poetry by Neena.
500 made:available now for $10US