Everything is interconnected. I will never stop claiming that. I might not be original here, but who the heck cares, right? So to make long story short…one day (and about 20 years too late) I’ve discovered the legendary Factsheet Five magazine.
I love to browse the issues, learning about the various publications of bygone era – and there is was. Among the avalanche of info one bandname has caught my eye. Beatniks from Mars, that sounds quite interesting…let’s check them out!
Right…but it was not that easy. However, I am used to do this kind of detective work, so after a little search I’ve found a track on Youtube called “Ballad of the Grower”. What a track!!! Now I can’t leave it unnoticed.
Well, it’s turned out, the contact was impossible to find. The only ray of hope was my comment under the video.
And by sheer of luck, after some time it’s been noticed and this is why you have the chance to read this interview with the band you should already know about..but I guess you don’t.
Nevertheless, I’m glad to help to correct this problem, and helping me is Mr. Lawrence White, the vocalist from Beatniks From Mars. Are you ready? read more

Once you see the zine with the title like this one, you know you want to read it. And as a fellow zine-creator, I feel more than a sympathy to a fellow man doing this stuff, so it’s not a rocket science that – obviously – I want to know more about it. read more