Genre: Crustcore
Origin: Sweden
Released: 2008
Website: Skitliv!
Uploaded: 18.02.09

I’ve never really understood the thrill of the Skitliv! zine. My idea of a good time is not reading insulting interviews, lousy reviews and just plain ignorant attempts to be humorous. But I must’ve been missing out on something, ‘cause many people loved it. And this is (finally) the final issue of the shit, and supposedly a revealing one.
I don’t get it. Maybe I haven’t been in touch with my inner punk, but if I were to believe all that’s written since the ‘big reveal’ I’d be under the impression the lads fooled the entire Swedish punk scene, involving everyone in a love/hate battle surrounding the zine. But I haven’t noticed anything of the sort, just that some liked it, some hated it and most people ignored it as uninteresting. I don’t think they made such an impact they give themselves credit for.
The deal is… Some years ago Sylen (of the Human Waste, Dödsdömd, Totalt Jävla Mörker, etc, fame) and Jocke (don’t know the guy, but I think he was in some Östersund-based band) decided to start a fanzine. But they wouldn’t do it under their real identities, as they could ask any questions they wanted without be recognized and held accountable for it. So they assumed the identities of two juvenile punks, out for attention, named Fisen and Challe. And so they started interviewing bands, with basically every question concerning narcotics and booze. As a result the interviews sucked, and I didn’t get the joke. The same went for the reviews, as it was mostly just two lines saying it sucked or kicked ass since it sounded like Disclose. To me it was just a waste of time even reading the damn zine, I just didn’t think it was funny. But apparently it was an attempt to make fun of the strong PC-vibe in the scene. Sure, make fun of whatever the hell you want, but do it well instead of just trying to stir up angry emotions.
For this issue they reveal the whole story concerning the zine, the band (Warvictims) and the label (D-Takt & Råpunk Records) as well as finish it off with a few more bad interviews and lousy articles. But they’ve also done some shorter interviews with the few folks who knew the truth about it all. I guess that’s the most interesting read in the magazine, as they are some of the people that actually enjoyed the humour of the zine. I don’t know if they’ve accomplished anything with the whole ordeal, to me it’s just been a juvenile zine I didn’t pay any attention to. I guess you should buy it if you liked their previous outputs, otherwise I’d just stay away from it.

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