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scene. He started in april' 92, when
previous editor Zed left Eclipse for
various reasons, including his basic
loss of interest, and the addition to
the team of coder Edd the Duck (known
in Eclipse as Summoner.) Polaris'
first issue, issue 8 was released on
June 1st 1992 under the new editor.
Now,five months later,the new Amnesia
is impending release. But you want to
know the real Polaris, so here, in
full technicolor glory, is an
exclusive interview with Polaris.
DPolaris InterviewN
Good evening, sir, I trust you had a
Hello, and welcome to this, the most pleasant journey. Now, how long have
excellent interview type article, you been on the scene, how did you
conducted by the second most find out about the Irish scene, and
important person to Amnesia's article what do you think of girls called
existance, (Dream On! - Polaris) the Erika?
wonderful ARC!!! But enough about me,
let's talk about the subject. Polaris Well,no I've had a shite journey, you
is the second editor of Amnesia, the see, I've just been pissed for the
first Irish diskzine to appear on the last 3-4 hours, and have little or no
account of my life up until an hour recently left Eclipse in a storm
ago, when I found myself on a bus ( well, more of a mild breeze
going home,it was very late and I can actually). What are your thoughts
vaguely remember being kicked out of about this?
an arcade,and being told:
Hmm......well Summoner was a complete
"Sorry,you can't come in, you're eh.. lamer, who claimed that he could code
too drunk" and was allowed to join Eclipse by
Gazzer (I think he was drunk at the
At which point I headed to the left time though, and believe me, you'll
and threw up again......Shit....never do anything when you're pissed!).
again......Polaris has now officially He was in Eclipse for about 2 weeks
given up alcohol!! before he began to try to take over,
OK, let's see..I've been on the scene I opposed his attempt to gain control
for about 3 years, being a lamer for and he tried to fuck me out of the
most of that time....fuck I wanna get group, however, him being a complete
sick again....I won't say how I found lamer, and a shithead to boot, meant
out about the Irish `scene' because that he could NEVER hope to get rid
it appears later on..(It pays to read of an elite guy like me...
ahead eh??). Girls called Erika are
rather nice in my opinion, especially Everyone in Eclipse has heard (at
if they're blonde... great length) at your recent exciting
trip to Wexford, where you met your
Fascinating. As you know, Ed the Duck one true love Antonia. In order to
remain impartial, I will simply ask was the first girl I ever fell in
you to describe the affair. love with....
Well.......let's see, to begin with I So, what's it like having co-sysop
never even wanted to go to Wexford, access on Forbidden Planet BBS???
but my family persuaded me to go with (And what's it like to lose it?)
them at the last minute. For the
first two days I just got pissed in Well to be a co-sysop if Forbidden
various pubs, but all of a sudden I Planet BBS (+353-1-8215447) is a very
met this beautiful red haired, brown honoured position to hold, and at the
eyed girl from Bristol in England, we moment there are only 3 co-sysops:
got talking and I liked her even more 1)Polaris/Eclipse
then when I first saw her...She had a 2)Gazzer/Eclipse
really great personality and I loved 3)Galaxy/Submission
her, then there followed lying on the But there is a hell of a lotta work
beach together at night and basically to be done on the board, concerning
enjoying each other's love and cool account editting,nuking etc...But the
affection........But I was really sad BBS is coming along cool. I lost my
because I knew all along that she 255 access a while ago because
would be going home soon, and I would Submission felt that there were too
never see her again, this depressed many co-sysops on the BBS, and too
me a great deal, but at least I have many cooks spoil the broth(el) so I
my memories....I'd liked girls before lost my access along with some other
I met Antonia, but I guess that she guys and was not very pleased with
the decision, because I uploaded more 1)Watchman/LSD (Love your stuff man!)
than 30mb's to the BBS in one month, 2)Moz/Eclipse UK
and performed my co-sysop duties very 3)Facet/Anarchy (Keep up the dragon
well, but Submission have decided drawings dude!)
that I'm a cool co-sysop and have let
me have my 255 back! How long have you been a Satanist,and
how did you first become one?
So, who are your favourite contacts/
groups/ graphicians/ article writers/ Hmmm.......well I've always had a big
diskzine editors/sysops/musicans and fascination with the occult, maybe it
coders? began from watching crazy horror
movies as a kid.....Then I started to
Contacts: learn more and more about the occult
1)Zinkfloid/Energy and greatly enhanced my knowledge....
2)PSI/Eclipse UK However, although I do not agree with
3)Fox/Damage UK the Church (Any Christian Church,they
just cause hatred and trouble...) and
Groups: I agree with many (but not all) of
1)Eclipse (Yeah! I love being a the ideas of Satanism, I would still
member of this group!) not call myself a Satanist, I don't
2)LSD worship Satan, unless it suits me of
3)Anarchy course!
Graphicians:
How did you find out about the Irish zine, checking out Intros N' Demos
scene, and what do you think about from all my favourite groups when I
the Irish scene, and the scene in discovered that TNT had died,all it's
general? members started a Irish Division of
Crack, a new member called Gazzer
Phew! Well let's see.......where do I coded the zine and it began to get
begin........Like everyone I began my a sub-standard rating....Then one day
scene life as a complete lamer, I was I met up with two guys, Green-Beret
known to frequent Sunday Clubs and and Gazzer,and thought that they were
bum wares from other guys, who were really cool n' fun dudes. Soon after
also lame, but didn't think so! Then that I met other active scene dudes
I began to get into the scene.......I like Zed, Merlin and Kurgan. Still I
began to like groups more and more, was pretty lame....Crack IRL broke up
groups like Kefrens, Phenomena and of and the group decided to call
course Red Sector appealed to me, I themselves ECLIPSE. They released a
then learned of a small group called zine under this name and recieved a
"TNT" who produced a crappy little letter from a guy called Vixen, he
diskzine called AMNESIA, at the time said that his group (also called
(Issues 1-5 I think..) there was only ECLIPSE) had been around first, and
about 10-20 articles in the zine, and we could either join 'em or change
they were pretty lame, it was not our name....Well we joined, and since
really a scene zine, which is how the then Eclipse IRL has released a few
previous editor (Zed) wanted it to good intros and of course this zine.
remain......So I went on, reading the My first big break came when Gazzer
asked me to do a few articles for pretty elite even if I say so myself!
Amnesia, so I reluctantly did so and (Polish fingernails on chest...)
found that to my suprise lotsa people The whole story could be bigger than
liked 'em! So I worked on more for this, but I'm even boring myself to
Amnesia #8,but found out that Zed had fucking tears now so I'll quit, but
lost interest and quit the zine. Then it took a helluva lotta hard work to
a good friend of mine called Creed become an active scene dude, in the
suggested that I was a hard working end though it pays off!
guy and should be given a chance to
edit Amnesia,so I did get that chance
and after about 2 months as editor I How did you first think of the name
released a rather bad Amnesia #8. By Polaris? (It wasn't anything to do
some miracle of some strange religion with my megadeth T-shirt, of course.)
in the west Indies, some people liked
the zine, and they wrote to me and Christ! No it didn't have anything to
gave me some support, so I then asked do with your horrible Megadeth Shirt.
Gazzer/Eclipse to re-code this issue I bought the album Rust In Peace
so it could be even better and here because I heard some tracks on MTV.
we are......Hmmmm, I also began to do A cool song on the album was called
some serious modem trading about 4 Rust In Peace...Polaris,and I thought
months ago, and that is going very "Hey! What a cool name!", I'm named
well today,I did a few of the Eclipse after a star called Polaris, and a
Jesus Paks (1-10), and even a little missile which was used to carry
mail trading, so I turned out to be nuclear warheads a couple of years
back.... definately not under any pressure to
produce modules, as he claims, his
music was cool and it hit badly, he
When are you going to marry Green was also an old scene active dude,and
Beret/Submission's sister? most responsible for me being editor
of Amnesia...Well Derek, I dunno why,
Hmm...I dunno,maybe sometime in April but you should come back,you're still
or maybe next November, I like those doing modules, you're still letting
times.... Eclipse use 'em, so why be left out?
Finally, do you have any greets or
Which is your favourite Star Trek: messages?
The Next Generation episode?
Yeah, greets to the following cool
Ermm.....probably the one I'm missing friends of mine and people I respect:
right now in order to fill in this
stupid interview and edit Amnesia! Gazzer/Eclipse
Arc/Eclipse
Jay/Eclipse
Have you anything to say about Hokum/Eclipse
Creed's retirement? Punisher/Eclipse
Axel/Eclipse
Yeah, plenty! I dunno why Creed left Dionysis/Eclipse
Eclipse,his music was cool and he was Creed/Independant
Zinkfloid/Energy "They say the pen is mightier than
Mat/Scoopex the sword, but I say fuck the pen,
Stix/Intense because you can die by the sword!"
Adventurer/Ministry - Tom Araya/Slayer 1984
Fox/Damage UK
Caffiene/Eclipse USA Article By:Arc/Eclipse
Largo/Shining 8 Clipart By:Hokum/Eclipse
Moz/Eclipse UK
Pazza/LSD UK
Flyboy/LSD USA
PSI/Eclipse UK
(+ all other Eclipse
UK members!)
Green-Beret/Submission
Ziptronix/Submission
Sandman/Asylum
And all other cool n' elite guys!
Messages:
"It's better to burn out than to fade
away" - Kurgan - Highlander 1988
"Ask not what you can do,ask what you
have done" Skid Row 1992