Press release - 10 March 2023 10:00

Ugly Things Magazine #62 drops soon! Now distributed by 14th Floor Music.

14th Floor Music is now distributing the legendary Ugly Things Magazine!

Ugly Things is a music magazine established in 1983, based in La Mesa, California. The editor is Mike Stax. The magazine covers mainly 1960s beat, garage rock, and psychedelic music. The name Ugly Things is a pun that refers to the band The Pretty Things.

Issue #62 of UGLY THINGS magazine will be shipping soon:

On the cover are the Petards, one of Germany’s most creative and idiosyncratic bands of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. Also, sunshine pop icon Sandy Salisbury, who talks about his ‘60s musical adventures with Curt Boettcher in the Ballroom and the Millennium.

Mark Taylor talks about his adventures with seminal Australian punk rock ‘n’ roll animals the Psychosurgeons and the Lipstick Killers, and we reveal for the first time anywhere the remarkable saga of Charging Rhinoceros of Soul, Grande Ballroom regulars and soul brothers and sisters of the MC5 and the Stooges (Charging Rhino sax man Steve MacKay played on Funhouse).

Also in this issue: Swedish ’65 teenbeat pinups the Flippers, UK ‘70s DIY/punk renegade Auntie Pus, the Fifth Estate, the Inferno, Stourbridge Lion, an interview with Luis Rego of ‘60s French beat group Les Problemes, and the post-Jefferson Airplane exploits of bass player Bob Harvey.

All this and more, including their acclaimed review sections, covering all the latest vinyl and CD reissues, and rock ‘n’ roll-related books.

New issue 62 and many back issues are available from 14th Floor Music.

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