The Meatmen, Easy Action (members of Negative Approach), Broken November 13, 2010

The Meatmen
Easy Action (members of Negative Approach) / Broken
@ Café Nine, 250 State Street (New Haven, CT)
Saturday, November 13th / $10 / 9:00PM – 21+

"Before Touch and Go, the groundbreaking indie label, there was Touch and Go, the Midwestern hardcore zine. Meatmen

leader Tesco Vee and non-Meatman Dave Stimson founded the zine in Lansing, Michigan in 1979, starting a label under the

same name a few years later. The zine ran for four years, covering the emergence of America's hardcore scene. Touch and

Go gave page space to the likes of Black Flag, Minor Threat, the Misfits, and eventual Touch and Go label signees like

Negative Approach and the Necros.

Bazillion Points will reissue the zine's entire 22-issue run in a softcover book (via the Daily Swarm). So we'll all

get to see whether the actual printed words match up to the zine's legendary rep. If nothing else, it'll make for a

fascinating time capsule. So many of these bands have been enshrined in the punk rock canon, and it'll be fun to see

what people had to say about them when they were just scuzzy kids in vans." - Pitchfork Media

$10, 9:00pm doors - 21+

@ Cafe Nine
250 State Street (New Haven, CT)