Since 2000, Rock N Roll Purgatory has been a quarterly printed music fanzine and website devoted to Rockabilly, Punk Rock, Garage, Surf, Honky Tonk, Psychobilly and related genres. We are interested in everything from Hardcore Punk and Lo-Fi Trash to Angular Art-Damaged Skronk and Broken Blues. Rock N Roll Purgatory is also an independent record label with 20 releases. The core of Rock N Roll Purgatory is Ben Lybarger, who edits, publishes, lays out, distributes, and writes the bulk of the magazine. Assisting him with reviews and interviews is his wife Lisa Marie, Bob Ignizio who handles film-related articles and reviews, and Bram Riddlebarger who will be contributing a lot in future issues. Any questions regarding the magazine, label, or website should be directed the Ben at: rocknrollpurgatory@yahoo.com

A little about Ben: Age: Born '75 Education: BA in English and Psychology. Then learned how to live on just macaroni and cheese, and sleep in a shack made from my own broken dreams. Plans: Would like to devour 16 pounds of Vietnamese hot sauce then mud wrestle Joan Rivers and Shelly Long. Also, I want to meet a dog that enjoys a good salad, and would like to put out a magazine devoted to donkey studs and the women who love them. Arbitrarily Abridged Favorites: Midgets, monkeys, and refrigerator magnets. Undeveloped farmland, History Channel, Baron In The Trees, Story of the Eye, Lone Wolf and Cub, Pedro Almodovar, Videodrome, Marlene Dietrich, Lauren Bacall, Kurosawa, The Black Adder, 60's Batman TV series, Amarula, burritoes, Futurama, Bear Grylls... Hobbies: Light heresy, reading books naked & covered in clam juice, conserving energy and not wasting stuff, camping, irreverent solipsism, collecting eyelashes Read an article done with the Bishop (Ben) by Cleveland Scene Magazine: CLICK HERE Ben was back in Scene Magazine: CLICK HERE

A little about Lisa Marie: Age: born '76 Education: B.A. Psychology / B.S.N.R.N. Occupation: Rock'n'roll Nurse Hobbies: Sleeping, reading, watching Law and Order. I want to learn the bass, trumpet, muscial saw, and start a scooter club! Favorites: Even Cowgirls Get The Blues by Tom Robbins, Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, "Blue Velvet," Halloween, the orange muppet with the weird collar who throws boomerang fish and exploding fish. Comments: I have an unnatural obsession with Amish men, dill pickles and Taps at 21:00.

A little about Bob Ignizio: Rock N Roll Purgatory movie columnist Bob Ignizio is a freelance writer living in Lakewood, Ohio. His tastes in film span pretty much every genre and every corner of the globe. Bob also writes for his local newspaper, The Lakewood Observer, and sings for the horror rock band Horror of 59.

A little about Bram Riddlebarger: Bram Riddlebarger writes, plays music, and lives in Athens, Ohio. He has a degree in creative writing from Ohio University, and has put out several collections of his work. Recording as a one-man band (Bram Riddlebarger & His Lonesome Band), he simultaneously plays a kick drum suitcase, hi-hat, and electric guitar. Bram also drummed for the Dragline Bros. (ex-Redtails) for many years. All of his recordings, releases, and books to date are released on his lo-fi label Redtail Records/Productions. Bram is probably best known for forming and fronting the juke joint hillbilly band, the Wailin' Elroys (Rhythm Bomb Records), where he wrote songs, sang, and played flat top guitar.

This is how retarded Ben and Lisa are: