A lot of us slagged off MRR in the '90s - we wanted speed and danger and there was a perception that The Institution was fixated on garage rock and proto-punk rehashes and didn't give a shit about the real nasty shit - they were old people writing a mag for old people, we thought (sometimes). I'm not saying this was reality, but the perception was certainly real. We were still over the fukkn moon when a postcard from Tim appeared in our PO Box asking if we would submit an interview, and a couple of years later I was picking up the mail once a week for the rag. MRR was never irrelevant or out of touch of course, perceptions are just a motherfukkr. If I had jammed this tape in 1994 though.....? Suffice to say that Episode 629 would not have done much to change my mind, but I'm one of the old people now.