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Answer Me! #1-4
ANSWER Me! All Four Issues
For the first time ever, all four issues -- yes, including the infamous "Rape" issue -- of Jim and Debbie Goad's legendary and seismically controversial magazine, ANSWER Me!, have been collected under one cover. Nine-Banded books is very proud to bring this sumptuous compendium into existence, and we've spared no expense in getting it right. Extras include a new interview with Jim Goad, a full-size enclosure of "The Rape Game," and previously unpublished material.
Long before anyone worried about "trigger warnings" or "safe spaces" or "rape culture," there was ANSWER Me! -- "The Only Magazine Worth Hating." Tell it to your mother. Tell it to the judge.
Long before anyone worried about "trigger warnings" or "safe spaces" or "rape culture," there was ANSWER Me! -- "The Only Magazine Worth Hating." Tell it to your mother. Tell it to the judge.
464 pages, Perfect Paperback
Published March 31, 2017
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About the author
Jim Goad
25 books192 followersGoad started his writing career with the magazine "ANSWER Me!" Which got connected with a triple suicide by British gothics and of the white house shooting of Francisco Martin Duran.
In 1998 he was convicted of abusing his girlfriend and was released in 2000. In prison he wrote his autobiography "Shit Magnet."
In 1998 he was convicted of abusing his girlfriend and was released in 2000. In prison he wrote his autobiography "Shit Magnet."
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June 28, 2017
I first discovered ANSWER Me! twenty two years ago, while reading a copy of Metal Hammer. It was in an article titled 'At Home With... The Wildhearts', I can still remember the article was illustrated with a picture of Ginger sat on his bed with two copies of ANSWER Me! and a framed copy of Robert Crumb's A-Z of Dope. I remember being fascinated by the lurid low-brow artwork of Nick Bougas (MURDER issue) and Jim Blanchard (SUICIDE issue) on the covers. At the time I couldn't comprehend what might be in a magazine with a painting of either an exasperated or constipated fuhrer surrounded by the words 'PERVERTS', 'SUICIDE', 'FREAKS', 'GUNS' emblazoned on the cover - upon finally reading ANSWER Me! many years later I discovered that ANSWER Me! always does exactly what it says on the tin. Ironically it was the fact that Ginger was holding a copy of R. Crumb's A-Z of Dope that sparked my interest in the copies of ANSWER Me!. To my thirteen year old mind the thinking went something like this - Robert Crumb did the Cheap Thrills album cover, The Wildhearts are the best band in the world, ergo ANSWER Me! is bound to be just my taste... stop laughing I was thirteen.
The fact that I already own ANSWER Me! The First Three, did not stop me wanting this anthology. The simple fact of the matter is, if you want to read the infamous 'RAPE issue' then this anthology is the quickest and cheapest way to do so. I have for some years now wanted to read the forth issue, but I have never wanted to read it so bad that I was willing to pay the frankly laughable prices that it fetched. £17 including shipping was a way better deal for this book than the $100 price tag some sellers on ebay mark this issue up at... fuck that!
I'm not going to bother going into any of the controversy behind ANSWER Me! or it's writers, the Goads - a self fulfilling surname if ever there was one! - needless to say this isn't going to appeal to everyone. To give anyone that isn't already aware of the controversy ANSWER Me! caused I'm going to copy the blurb on the back of the book:
'Among the litany of torrid scandals that erupted in the magazine's wake:
* A line from the second issue was quoted in a note by a man who shot at the white
house in 1994.
* The third issue was not only blamed for a triple suicide, it may have had an influence
on the suicide of Kurt Cobain. It also eerily foreshadowed the death of co-editor Debbie
Goad, which is explained in the introductory interview.
* The forth issue led to an obscenity trial in Washington State, which the state ultimately
lost.'
As with most things deemed controversial ANSWER Me! falls into that same bracket where the controversy is only there if you want it to be. Take this book for whats there on the surface and you'll find it either funny or perverse, read it with an open mind and you'll see it as an open and proud reflection of the reality of the world...
... With that said, cocaine enthuiast, heavy metal connoisseur and serial killer/necrophile rapist Richard Ramirez was apparently quoted as saying "They've gone too far" when asked what he thought of issue four, who am I to argue with the experts?!
See you in Disneyland.
The fact that I already own ANSWER Me! The First Three, did not stop me wanting this anthology. The simple fact of the matter is, if you want to read the infamous 'RAPE issue' then this anthology is the quickest and cheapest way to do so. I have for some years now wanted to read the forth issue, but I have never wanted to read it so bad that I was willing to pay the frankly laughable prices that it fetched. £17 including shipping was a way better deal for this book than the $100 price tag some sellers on ebay mark this issue up at... fuck that!
I'm not going to bother going into any of the controversy behind ANSWER Me! or it's writers, the Goads - a self fulfilling surname if ever there was one! - needless to say this isn't going to appeal to everyone. To give anyone that isn't already aware of the controversy ANSWER Me! caused I'm going to copy the blurb on the back of the book:
'Among the litany of torrid scandals that erupted in the magazine's wake:
* A line from the second issue was quoted in a note by a man who shot at the white
house in 1994.
* The third issue was not only blamed for a triple suicide, it may have had an influence
on the suicide of Kurt Cobain. It also eerily foreshadowed the death of co-editor Debbie
Goad, which is explained in the introductory interview.
* The forth issue led to an obscenity trial in Washington State, which the state ultimately
lost.'
As with most things deemed controversial ANSWER Me! falls into that same bracket where the controversy is only there if you want it to be. Take this book for whats there on the surface and you'll find it either funny or perverse, read it with an open mind and you'll see it as an open and proud reflection of the reality of the world...
... With that said, cocaine enthuiast, heavy metal connoisseur and serial killer/necrophile rapist Richard Ramirez was apparently quoted as saying "They've gone too far" when asked what he thought of issue four, who am I to argue with the experts?!
See you in Disneyland.
May 27, 2017
Full Review
It’s safe to say that a lot of people will hate this collection. A lot of people hated ANSWER Me! when it first came out. You can say a lot of things about Jim and the now-deceased Debbie, but I’m calling you bullshitter if you say they’re bad writers. This collection is hilarious, fascinating, exciting, and one of the most offensive things ever written in the English language.
It’s safe to say that a lot of people will hate this collection. A lot of people hated ANSWER Me! when it first came out. You can say a lot of things about Jim and the now-deceased Debbie, but I’m calling you bullshitter if you say they’re bad writers. This collection is hilarious, fascinating, exciting, and one of the most offensive things ever written in the English language.
May 6, 2017
Now more offensive than ever!
October 22, 2023
A literary Molotov Cocktail. Jim and Debbie Goad were fountains of hatred, anger and contempt for everything living, dead, and everything in between during the 90s and used that energy to create some of the most indefensible and incendiary articles ever put down.
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