PRE boot

A while back, I blogged about seeing the band PRE and now the interview is in our new issue. But what I never got around to mentioning was the bootleg 7" single I got from their merch table. Apparently, a shipment of them were seized by customs on the way out of Russia and were given to the proper distributors, Skin Graft records. Besides the unreleased music, the selling point is topless pics of PRE and their tourmates Aids Wolf. (Those are my pixels on the cover, above.)


Even though the text is in Russian, I can tell it's not for 2008. Maybe last year? It's kind of cheap how there are only three spreads with four months on each page. The pics are all from the same series. Maybe a post-show party or gathering?


The English text in back is pretty bad, too, proving that Asians aren't the only ones who mangle the language, but the band is probably most bummed about being likened to Melt Banana. "Incredible arouse guarantees"? Totally, if you like tinny, echoing bootlegs of art punks with exploitative packaging.


Get the full story on the confiscated "Sin Graft" singles now available from Skin Graft, here. Read the interview with the singer in GR54, hitting stands soon.