Welcome to 'Friday 13th' Zine, here is the history which is probably the longest lasting Zine on the planet, well one of them  anyway!! The Zine was originally formed out of the ashes of a Zine I was about to contribute too but in the end I decided to try it for myself, glad I did otherwise I would not be here today. The name of the Zine was not hard to pick as I was born on the 13th (1970) and well with my name been Jason I thought it suited the Zines name, a really Heavy Metal name right? 

Back in the 80's it was very hard to start a Zine,  because  not too many label's  would  entertain Zine's  and give out promotional releases LP's/ CD's , so I had to do a lot of hard work and try to convince labels I was putting together a Zine. 

The first label who showed interest with my project was Roadrunner Records (UK), were label manager Mark Palmer & former employee Rudy Reed (thanx guys). 

They gave me the chance, were I had the pleasure of doing my first interview in 89 with Crimson Glory @ Nottingham 'Rock City', a great night that I will never  forget. The first form of doing the Zine came from a typewriter, which I used for a number of years, until I bought an electric typewriter which made the Zine look a lot better. 

After selling the electric typewriter I bought a word processor, which I used for basic layout and the final results ended up on a computer, as so of my regular readers will already know. 

(The picture is me with uncle Lemmy and the boys, 'Motorhead' when I was 12yrs old back in 83, they father took these pictures of me and Anvil both at the same show. Recently my Father passed away in Dec 2019, I miss him so much. If it wasn't for my dad these amazing pictures would of never of been taken).

Over the years the Zine  has been receiving overwhelming praise from die hard metalheads and bands from around the world, along with the labels that have stood by me over the years, without all the label's, band's, & readers the Zine would  have not lasted as long as it has. so thanx a million!!!

The very first issue released in early 89 featured interview with some classic metal acts such as: Crimson Glory, Forbidden, Sacred Reich, Slammer (UK), Bloodfeast, Incubus (Death Metal), Leeway, Liege Lord and many more killer acts!!! 

I am so glad I started the Zine back then as I had the chance to interview some of the finest underground metal acts of all time, some of which are no longer with us (Yet)  but I am sure with the way the scene is going it will all come back - lets hope & pray!!

Friday 13th has also had the pleasure of interviewing the following bands, as well as 1000's more, too many to mention, but here are a few names: Metalllica ,Judas Priest (Metal Gods), Halford (Metal Messiah), Over Kill, Vicious Rumors, COC, DRI, Onslaught, Queensryche, Annihilator, Conception, Slayer, Sepultura, Heathen, Dark Angel, Death, Cannibal Corpse, Malevolent Creation, Deicide, Morbid Angel, Fear Factory, Doro, Machine Head, Pantera, Trouble, Kings X, Psychotic Waltz, Fates Warning, Dream Theater,  Yngwie Malmsteen, Biohazard, Kreator, Exciter, Helloween, Tad Morose, Nevermore, Testament, Iced Earth, Saxon, Destruction,  Exodus, Symphony X, and many more!!!