Punk zine
A
punk zine (or
punkzine) is a
zine devoted to
punk culture, most often
punk rock music, bands, or the
DIY punk ethic. Punk zines are the most likely place to find
punk literature.
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Selection of British and American punk zines, 1994-2004 |
The earliest
UK punk zine was probably
Sniffin' Glue, produced by punk fan and founder of the band
Alternative TV,
Mark Perry in
1976. However, the magazine never applied this term to itself, and indeed it is thought that it did not come into use until the early
1980s. The term
punkzine was possibly coined amongst
anarcho-punk circles, specifically by writers who objected to the connotations of the word
fanzine, believing the first part of the word to imply the slavish following of
pop groups, and unquestioning acceptance of
celebrity culture.
The
DIY aesthetic of punk created a thriving underground press; you could not only start a band, you could also be a music journalist and critic. Mark Perry produced the first photocopied issue of
Sniffin' Glue in London immediately after that Ramones concert in 1976. In the US, such titles as
Punk,
Search & Destroy (later
REsearch),
Flipside and
Slash chronicled and helped to define the emerging culture. (Such amateur magazines took inspiration from the rock
fanzines of the early 70s, which themselves had roots in the science fiction fan community; probably the most influential of the fanzines to cross over from
SF fandom to rock and, later, punk rock and "
new wave." was
Greg Shaw's
Who Put the Bomp, published since 1970.)
The politically-charged
Maximum RocknRoll and the anarchist
Profane Existence were among the most important fanzines in the
1980s and onward. By that time, every local "scene" had at least one, often primitively- or casually-published magazine with news, gossip, and interviews with local or touring bands. The magazine
Factsheet Five chronicled thousands of underground publications and "zines" in the
1980s and
1990s.
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Attack on Bzag— Leeds, England, 1982
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Basic Black—Los Angeles, 1978
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Blackpool Rox— Blackpool, England, 1978-1988
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Blackpool Rox II— Blackpool, England, 2000
* Chainsaw— Croydon, England, 1977-1984
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Cobalt Hate*
Cometbus*
Committed Suicide— Coventry, England, 1983-86
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Eat The Rich— Blackpool, England, 1982-84
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Fracture*
Flipside — Los Angeles, 1977-2000
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HeartattaCk*
Jamming*
KCDIY*
Kill Your Pet Puppy*
Love and Molotov Cocktails— Coventry/London, England, 1981-1985
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Maximum RocknRoll*
New Crimes*
Nihilistic Vices*
Nile — Los Angeles, 1978
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NO — Los Angeles, 1978
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No Cure*
Profane Existence Minneapolis, 1989
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Punk Magazine New York, 1976
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Raising Hell*
Rancid News - UK, 2003
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Reason To Believe*
Rubicon (fanzine)*
Search and Destroy - San Francisco, 1977
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Slash - Los Angeles, 1977-1980
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Sniffin' Glue — UK, 1976
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Sobriquet Magazine, US, 1995
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Toxic Grafity (sic)*
Vague*
Fanzine#Punk_fanzines*
HOARD magazine*
List of zines*
Zine#Distribution*
Pages of Rage - Canada, 1982-1984*
No Cause for Concern Ottawa, Canada*
DIY PUNK - CT punk zine
