Thumper

Adam Svenson

"Hey there! For the sake of historical accuracy, I beg of you: Thumper Zine (1985-1989) was started by myself and Ace, with Steve coming on board shortly afterward. Our main focus was obviously THE PUNK ROCK, but we veered off into animal rights and other amateur political rants. We were heavily influenced by the D.M. zine Buffalo and we had a pleasant competition going with our rivals, the bastards who ran the New Underground (Can kids from West Des Moines really be punk, eh John Deal?) If you're interested, I'll send a photcopy of a newspaper article talking about the 'zines that were around at the time. Let me know... Other connections to the scene: my brother Eric was bassman for the Hollowmen, I played in the conceptual noise band e* (pronounced "Yosh") with Brad Roth,and I was in the Delusions (Seattle) with Jim Roth briefly...