Gordo:I liked the idea of each issue having a theme. The first one, "Can't Get Away From The Past" was basically just about how we were doing a zine in 2002 that was basically all about stuff from 1996-1998. That time period was when I absolutely lived and breathed hardcore 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. I am not kidding - I was into nothing else and did nothing else during that time. I mean, I still love hardcore today and a lot of my free time revolves around it on some level, but when I was 15 years old I cared about nothing else at all. 

When I graduated high school and went off to college, I kinda thought maybe hardcore was "out of my system" in a way, like I maxed out on it. It turned out I really didn't at all, so doing Impact was kind of me saying "you know, those bands from 5 years ago, all the shows I went to, records I bought, people I met...that shit is still awesome, how did I ever second guess it or think I would get away from it?" Like I said above though, that whole vibe just came out so heavy and over the top in the way I wrote certain things, I don't know what the hell I was thinking. Blame it on late nights and a lot of caffeine mixed with youthful enthusiasm.

"New Steps Down An Old Road" - I think Pete may have come up with this...that was in reference to the piece on The Anthrax.  We were basically revisiting a time in hardcore and a physical location in hardcore that had been gone since 1990 by talking to/interviewing people involved with that club or even just saw shows there. I also thought that was a cool phrase, just something little to add in there.