09.01.01 * 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY ISSUE *

•EDITOR'S NOTE : DAHLIA
"So here I am, a full year after I decided that a monthly zine was just what my Rockerchick website needed..."

•PLASTIC POP : DAHLIA
"Her choreography is so precise, there is no room left for reality. And that, exactly, is the same weakness that afflicts the boys of NSYNC..."

•THE REAL DEAL : ERIC
"I don't want common experience. I want uniqueness. I want the illusion provided by my living room and my stereo and my speakers and myself..."

•TOO OLD FOR SATISFACTION? : HOPE
"Aging rockers are still resisting through their musical performances -- but now they are resisting against the very same industry that stroked their egos when they first took the stage..."

•ROCKERZINE GIG REVIEW : JAY
"Thalia Zedek, former singer and guitarist of erstwhile furious and intelligent Boston rock outfit Come, performed a technically flawless set Saturday, September 1..."

•BURNING IT UP WITH JANE SPEED : ANTHONY
"The liner notes in their self-released CD have 'what's hot' and 'what's not' lists. Under the latter, they say: 'guitars.' Right fucking on..."

•STRIKING BACK WITH JAY AND BOB : PEDRO
"I was pleased to find myself surrounded by heterosexual adolescents and guys in their twenties. I wanted to gauge their reactions to the gay references..."

•A METAL MANUAL : DANA
"The guy fluffs up his hair like a cockatoo, puts down his freshly drained bottle of Jack, pushes some big-titted groupie out of the way and mumbles..."

•A MADONNA DIALOGUE : ANTHONY, DAHLIA, SUNNY
"The following is a collage of sorts, a series of excerpts from emails exchanged between during the days after Madonna's Drowned World concert..."

•BASS BURN OUT : ELIZABETH
"I always found an excuse of why I didn't practice as much as I used to. And, admittedly, some of them were legitimate, like the thesis that had to be written..."