There were lots of fanzine in Hungary in the late 80s and 90s. In our new series we cut album reviews out from these.

Második Látás (Second Vison) was one of the first Hungarian fanzines. It started as Mély Vágás (Deep Cut) in Debrecen in 1987 before two years the fall of communism. It produced a police investigation because to publish any printed matter without permission of Ministry of Interior was illegal at the time. So the title was changed to Második Látás in order to deceit the police. Then the editor Mihály Rácz moved to Budapest. Második Látás became the No 1. musical fanzine with tons of review.

CICCIONE YOUTH – The Whitey Album, LP, 1988 (Blast First Records)

The Sonic Youth’s album which was released under the name of Ciccone Youth wouldn’t be a lucky case as the first meeting with the band.  The wily musical jokes of the album become understandable in the light of their previous albums. It is unbelievable impudence as they surrounded their Madonna cover with masterful fake disco songs, always make mess of it with overdrive and slides, and as the cold drum riffs and string tears whip the soul of Chichonne youth which is locked in electronics. The album alloys the old tradition of Sonic Youth with sound of the new era.
„If somebody does the same thing for 5 years, then he can be called hippe for 5 years… the time has come to begin a business career, that is humpie pumpie bumpy.”

(Második Látás#2, 1989)

1. Needle-Gun 00:00  2. (Silence) 02:26  3. G-Force 03:33  4. Platoon II 07:11  5. MacBeth 11:30  6. Me & Jill/Hendrix Cosby 17:00  7. Burnin’ Up 22:30  8. Hi! Everybody! 26:21  9. Children of Satan/Third Fig 27:20  10. Two Cool Rock Chicks Listening to Neu 30:26  11. Addicted to Love 33:20  12. Moby-Dik 37:09  13. March of the Ciccone Robots 38:11  14. Making the Nature Scene 40:06  15. Tuff Titty Rap 43:21  16. Into the Groovey 44:02  17. MacBeth (Instumental) 48:36