The Altar Billies want to give “Down the Line Zine” a huge – and gigantic I might add – YYYYEEEEE! HHHHAAAWW for the great write up!! We appreciate you guys and your efforts to support veteran Christian artists. If you ever need the Billies to come out and play a hoedown or hootenannny in your area, then just give is a holler – and a plane ticket er two would be nice, ooohh and an upright would be good too as Johnny is a wee bit nervous about trying to squeeze his bass into one of them overhead bins! Anyway, Lord bless you, keep up the great work, and thanks again for the support!!!

Mike Stand
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(I have to be honest and say that I never thought words like hootenanny or hoedown would ever appear in this magazine. But it makes me want to go to an Altar Billies concert real bad now – sounds fun!)

Because Aliens Cause All Problems
Thanks for the great tribute to one of my favorite artists. I’ve always wondered why none of Gene’s unreleased music has surfaced since his passing. Your article mentions work on an album after Perfecta…where are those tracks? And I’m sure there’s plenty of solo demos and Lost Dogs stuff too. I’ve really enjoyed a lot of the music that was released after the deaths Mark Heard and Rich Mullins. I’m sure Gene’s fans would appreciate hearing more of his music if it’s out there. Do you know why nothing’s ever been released? Is anything in the works?

Andrew
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(We have never heard of anything in the works, but I think the reason why nothing much has been released goes down the same reason why most of the artists we cover have to self-release their work. Record companies are run by aliens. They want to force weird music like the Jonas Brothers and Owl City on us. I think if the average teenie-bopper Owl City fan ever listened a Gene Eugene song, their head would explode from all the honesty. )

DTL Goes Oprah!
Great issue and I really enjoyed the sound gallery interview! Not to complain, but it would have been great to hear more on the Sound Gallery’s / herb’s thoughts on certain celebrities (you know, really dish it out!), his diet tips and tricks, and his secrets on he keeps his love life hot.

Oh well.

Thanks for the Writ on Water write-ups as well (issue 1). After the read, I bought A Wingless King from Amazon mp3 store and listen to it all the time. I would not have heard of them, but for the zine. keep it up!

rhu
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(What a lot of people don’t know is that we actually started out as a magazine that examines the diet styles of musicians. But the first issue just ended up being disgusting. Trust me – they eat really bad. So we opted for the whole cliché “music” thing…)

Paging Dr. DTL, Please…
It was great to read an interview about Rick McDonough. But kinda what was just even cooler to me was that Nick Cave AND PJ Harvey were both mentioned in issue #3!!

Wha? Nick Cave and Pj Harvey are two of my most favorite musicians and so it does my heart well to know that Down the Line has such great taste too. ;o)

Mark Melton
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(First diet tips, then love life improvements, and now heart health. We cover it all here at DTL!)

Steve and all,

This thing looks great; If there is justice in the world (and i pray there is) this thing is destined for greatness…

Bravo…and all the best to you!

pax Christi,

Bill Mallonee

(Okay – even when Bill writes a Letter to the Editor, it still sounds cooler than anything I have heard.  Go buy all of this guy’s music already….)

Word From Down Under

I am LOVING it.

I’m down here in Australia and I used to have a couple of radio shows and I’d try and slip in as much Gene Eugene, Terry Taylor, Mike Knott, The Choir, etc., etc.

Please do a story on the amazing Marc Byrd – Common Children, Hammock, The Choir, Glass Byrd, etc., etc… I just LOVE his stuff.

Thanks man!

Keep up the BRILLIANT job

DJ Paine

Australia

(Thanks DJ – we will track down Marc if possible. There was much more to this letter, but it was all “etc.’s”, and we were told last issue by the abbreviation police that we are only allowed four per issue.  Which really stinks, because I love abbreviations, acronyms, etc., etc.  Oh, wait… )

The Truth Revealed

Wow, a Vigilantes of Love and King’s X review, and then a Gene Eugene tribute issue! Where have you guys been all my life?! Finally, a magazine that talks about all the music I love. Keep the good stuff coming!

Bp (via the Archives site)

(Where have we been.  Well, you see, it goes something like this… Ten years ago, in 1972, we were part of a crack commando unit that was sent to prison by a military court for a crime we didn’t commit. We promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground…. But the rest is boring and we don’t speak of it much…)

Blog Comments

Issue #2 is great! Good job! The interview with Brian Doidge was a great read and I’m so happy to read about how God has redeemed his life. Can’t wait for issue #3!

Mark Melton

I’m really glad you guys have put together this magazine. I’ve certainly enjoyed reading it, and look forward to future issues. Thank you!

The Spheric1

(and, of course we return fan appreciation by… being late on the next issue once again! We are Gen Xer’s…what  can we say?)

Correction

I wanted to write and point out the need for a correction in your latest mag.  In your review for the Sound Gallery “Umbra” record, you have it listed as a 2008 Lo-Fidelity release.  While we dig Herb and his music, this info is incorrect as we have no connection with the release.  Great mag by the way….keep it up.

Thanks,

Jeffrey K.

Lo-Fidelity Records

(Sorry about that ! I’ll have to whip our slacker editor with a wet noodle for that one.  Okay.  Done.  That really doesn’t hurt as much as it should….)

Looking forward to the Scaterd Few article. Over the summer, I remembered their music and have frequently listened to Sin Disease and Jawbone in their entirety on car trips.

Glenn

(Was that you I saw swerving all over the place on I-10 in Arizona? Trying to slam dance with the other passengers while you are driving is sooo dangerous, dude….)

Registration?

Hi There,

It’d be great if I could get an e-mail whenever a new issue came out. Is that what Registration is good for?

By the way, I’ve only glanced at the first issue, but so far it looks great, with lots of detail and thought.

With much appreciation,

Harvey deKleine

(Well, Harvey, great question. I know I told that I would get that feature out soon… over 3 months ago. Our web guy is such a slacker. I’ll try to knock some heads and get the feature up)

I’m Drooling

This is the greatest magazine! Thanks for all your hard work putting this together. It’s about time someone gave props to the greatest bands ever!!

Wooooooo!

Mark Melton

(wow – so us and that Pavlov’s bell thing can both cause spontaneous salvation. Or is that saliva-cation? Or maybe people can drool and get saved at the same time from reading our magazine? That rocks…)

Out of Date Already

Nice job. As I was reading the story on Scaterd Few I was amazed at how much my life has changed just since the interview was written – oh geez – the constant ride our Father has us on.

If it’s even possible, the “what is he doing now” section of the article is completely out of date! Weird!

Great job on the first issue!

Allan Aguirre

(thanks for the compliment, and the updates on your new project are in the News section)

A Lot To Tackle

I’ve downloaded the first issue! Wow that is a lot of content! Learning about Alan Aguirre was great! I have to reread that article just to absorb! I’m going to tackle L.S.U. next! Thanks for the great mag!

t.b.a. (MySpace comment)

(I know you are desperate to hear new L.S.U., but threats of violence have no place in our magazine. Well, there are about five of them and one of you, so tackling L.S.U. would be a little difficult anyways. You’re a brave soul to try, though….)

Underground Spread

Thanks for the huge spread on the underground, loved the first issue, can’t wait for the next! Peace –

Josh Lory (MySpace comment)

(and we can’t wait for what is next from all the projects you are working on. All I have to say is – we beat ya!

Review of Our First Issue

Shawn Ness gave a great review of the first issue. See the comments on our blog to read the whole thing. Feel free to add your own review on our website, too. We love feedback, even if we get called fanboys. ‘cause we are.