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03 PUNK ROCK PAMPERING
It’s been so long that we almost forgot - but 2024 sig-
nifies 30 years of Black Velvet. I started Black Velvet back 04 KAT VON D
in 1994 after getting bitten by the zine-making bug, and 10 THE FUNERAL PORTRAIT
loving to write about music. 30 years later and Black
Velvet’s changed somewhat from what it was. Who knew, 14 THE RATTLEBACKS
back in 1994, that a little thing called the internet would 20 MASSIVE WAGONS
soon take over the world and our lives would change for-
ever? Were you alive back in 1994? How old were you? 26 SKILLET
Does anyone reading own any of the really early, 30 ALBUMS
printed Black Velvets, when it was black and white with a 34 CONCERTS
pink paper cover?
While things have changed a lot since 1994, and 54 WORLD HORSE WELFARE
Black Velvet’s now a free online magazine, it’s still ‘busi- 56 R.I.P. ROBIN GUY
ness as usual’. Or rather, ‘pleasure as usual’, since we do
this in our spare time, as a hobby and labour of love.
While we’re having breaks in between issues, we still
love writing about music, going to concerts, photograph-
ing gigs and interviewing awesome people. BV Instagram
This issue, we had the pleasure of interviewing the
multi-talented Kat Von D. Kat released her second studio Follow us on Instagram at @blackvelvetmagazine for more photos
album, ‘My Side Of The Mountain’, in September, so we and quotes from our interviews.
jumped at the chance to have a little chat with her about
it.
Also, in this issue, we’ve got a special interview with
Massive Wagons, where we talked to frontman Baz Mills “It’s about
about men’s mental health. We loved that the band took wanting to
Andy’s Man Club out on tour with them, to get the word have that
out more about the clubs where men can go to talk. If liberty. To
you’re feeling down, have negative thoughts, and don’t live life to
have anyone to talk to, look up Andy’s Man Club - and the fullest
read our interview with Baz for more info. It’s okay to talk until it
- in fact, talking really helps. Don’t hold it all in. makes you
We’ve got interviews with a rock mainstay - Skillet - sick. Like
and also a couple of ‘newer’ bands that we haven’t fea- actively
tured before. We say ‘newer’ in inverted commas, as, searching
while The Funeral Portrait originally launched a decade for things
ago, their debut album, on Better Noise Music, was just that may
released this year. We are loving them - and, also, the hurt you,
UK’s The Rattlebacks, who have just released their debut but will
album. It’s a great time for rock. also make
So, grab a coffee, sit back, and enjoy the read. you feel
alive. But,
Y & velvet kisses remember,
you have
Shari Black Velvet the liberty
to do what
you want
with your life.”

Alejandra Villarreal
The Warning

BLACK VELVET STAFF
Publisher / Editor / Features Editor / Art Editor / Online Editor:
Shari Black Velvet
Writers:
Shari Black Velvet, Michael Coventry, Penny Gower, Ian Trigg
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