Quality Lockin Out Related Zines

Over the years, I’ve come to know a lot of cool people. I grew up through hardcore with a lot of them.

First up is a zine from one of Merrimack Valleys finest, Joey C. Before Joey C fronted Righteous Jams or played in Stop And Think, he was just a kid who liked to stage dive onto his couch at any given moment. He put together one of the greatest zines to come out of the valley. You can get issue #3 and #4 from the same seller. Good deal. Issue #4 has a great Floorpunch tribute and an excellent Ten Yard Fight interview.

Quality dude. Great zine. I really want #4 back in my life. I think it was left behind in one of my many moves.

Next up is a zine out of Worcester Mass. Truth Will Out. Great zine. This one comes from another solid edgeman, AJ of Stop And Think. Again, before AJ was the lead singer of Stop And Think, he was a dude who would go down to the WPI track and field, and pull off copious dives onto the poll vaulting equipment. I even played a small part in this great zine. If you flip to about halfway, there is an article about a certain Halobox demo tape. Two of my all time favorite pictures are in that article. You’ll know them when you see them.

Oh hell yes. Stand Hard Fanzine. JSH in the building. Before Right Brigade, before American Nightmare, before Follow Through, before Tenfold, before releasing Fastbreak eps, before Stand Hard Records, there was Stand Hard Fanzine. And a hardcore dude from Connecticut with an ill record collection. Great zine. This zine dropped as metal hardcore was, thankfully, waning and youth crew revival was on the upswing. Hardcore was poised for an excellent new dawn.

PS. Who is the seller? Gotta be a late 90s Worcester or Boston head. The zine selection is seriously Boston suburbs late 90s era and the seller name is a direct Bane reference. So speak up, who is it?