THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PERCEPTION THAT THE 'CHOPPER THANG' HAS ITS EPICENTRE ON THE WEST COAST OF THE U.S OF A, EVEN MORE SPECIFICALLY L.A AND FRISCO . . . . LIKELY FAIR ENOUGH TO A DEGREE . . . . IRONIC THEN THAT IT TOOK A COUPLE OF LOWBROW MISFITS FROM THE BIG APPLE TO REINVIGORATE WHAT BY THE 80's HAD MOSTLY BECOME AN ODE TO SOFT, BLOATED EXCESS . . . . THE SHOCKWAVES ARE STILL FELT FROM IOWA TO ICELAND.

THERE'S LOTS OF GUFF OUT THERE TO FEAST YOUR PEEPERS ON REGARDING THIS HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL CREW OF HARDCORE AXEMEN BUT ONE THAT COMES TO MIND FROM MORE RECENT TIMES IS A PIECE THAT GUY AT GKM PENNED NOT LONG AFTER THE SLIMEY LIMEY'S DEPARTURE FROM THIS MORTAL COIL . . . . GO AND CHECK IT OUT IF YOU HAVEN'T, RUNNING A GIG THAT INCLUDED STEG VON HEINTZ, INDIAN LARRY AND A YOUNG PAUL COX MUSTA BEEN A HELLUVA TRIP . . . . CHOPPIN SHIT UP IN NYC.