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Fanzine still a musical ‘Plague’
By K*ly Soto
Opffon 0*'t Emerald
Jt started innocently enough
It was the summer of and
University student Ted Hinds
and his brother Ran were living
in a ( heap house with two oth
er friends and attending school
All four had a deep interest in
music One evening as they were
sitting in Dan's bedroom playing
computer games they began to
kick around the idea of starting a
"fanzine "
With their genuine interest in
music, and their collet live
knowledge of the'history of
musu , the team was sure it < ould
produc e a produi i that filled a
particular niche that was not
being filled
They were historians of rock
'n' roll as much as they wen* fans
Hinds was influenced bv the likes
of Black Sabbath and Blue Oys
ter Cult. The result was The
Plague, pained for an ohs< tire
album by a hand from northern
England called the Demons with
Pink Movdish tendenc ies
The closest campus lo at ion to
find The Plague is Fni e the
Musk
A (wind called Mysstress graced
the cover of the first issue, which
was "low budget,” but a quality
read. Ted Minds said In that first
issue the magazine featured most
ly interviews with local bands
Only about 50 copies of the first
issue were printed and distrib
uted.
When Hinds and Ins colleagues
began The Plague, many inde
pendent record labels were also
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University student Ted Hinds (left) and his brother Dan started The
Plague music fanzine five years ago.
just starting out. so they began to
network with the owners of these
latnils.
One such label was Road Run
ner. which was owned and oper
ated by Monty Connor
"At the time Monty was run
ning the whole show, arid we
established a relationship with
him. As he grew, we grew Now
we can get anything we need by
a Road Runner from him because
the relationship is already there,"
Hinds said.
Because of its ability to net
work and the quality of writing.
The Plague is able to obtain inter
views with many of the music
industry's biggest and brightest
stars.
Hinds said his most difficult
interview thus far was Gene Sim
mons of Kiss
"He is extremely intelligent,”
Hinds said. "He Has his bache
lor's degree, and he used to teach
high school before Kiss got
famous. In addition to that, he
also wrote for major magazines,
he owns skyscrapers in New
York, and he manages Liza Min
nelli. 1 wanted to bring out that
side of him. and he would have
no part of that. He wanted to con
trol the interview, so it was kind
of a tug of war."
Hinds' best interview experi
ence appeared in article form in
last month's issue of The Plague,
an interview with John Bush of
Anthrax. One of the things that
makes Hinds so successful at
interviewing is the attitude he
takes toward his subjects.
"It's about respect.” he said. "I
treat them as if they were mil
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