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A punk zine (or punkzine) is a zine
Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-publishing work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety of colored paper stock....
 devoted to punk
Punk subculture

The punk subculture is based around punk rock. It emerged from the larger rock music scene in the mid-to-late-1970s in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan....
 culture, most often punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 music, bands, or the DIY punk ethic. Punk zines are the most likely place to find punk literature
Punk literature

Punk literature emerged from the punk subculture. The attitude and ideology of punk gave rise to distinctive characteristics in the literature it manifested....
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One of the earliest punk zines was the New York magazine Punk
Punk (magazine)

PUNK magazine was a fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn and "resident punk" Legs McNeil in 1975, and was the first publication in the world to popularize the CBGB scene....
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A punk zine (or punkzine) is a zine
Zine

A zine is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-publishing work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety of colored paper stock....
 devoted to punk
Punk subculture

The punk subculture is based around punk rock. It emerged from the larger rock music scene in the mid-to-late-1970s in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan....
 culture, most often punk rock
Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock....
 music, bands, or the DIY punk ethic. Punk zines are the most likely place to find punk literature
Punk literature

Punk literature emerged from the punk subculture. The attitude and ideology of punk gave rise to distinctive characteristics in the literature it manifested....
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One of the earliest punk zines was the New York magazine Punk
Punk (magazine)

PUNK magazine was a fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn and "resident punk" Legs McNeil in 1975, and was the first publication in the world to popularize the CBGB scene....
. It was started by John Holmstrom, Ged Dunn, and Legs McNeil
Legs McNeil

Roderick Edward "Legs" McNeil , is the co-founder and a writer for Punk Magazine. He is also a former senior editor at Spin Magazine, and the founder and editor of Nerve magazine ....
, who published the first issue in January 1976. The zine championed the early New York underground music scene and helped associate the word "punk" with these bands, most notably, The Ramones. Punk received a flash of attention in England until 1977 when the punks across the Atlantic started making their own punk zines.

An early UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 punk zine was Sniffin' Glue
Sniffin' Glue

Sniffin' Glue is the name of a famous and pioneering monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. The name is derived from a Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Others that wrote for the magazine that later became well known journalists include Danny Baker....
, produced by Mark Perry
Mark Perry (musician)

Mark Perry, also known as Mark P, was a United Kingdom fanzine publisher and is a writer and musician.Perry was a bank clerk when, inspired by The Ramones, he founded the punk music fanzine Sniffin' Glue in 1976....
, who also founded the band Alternative TV
Alternative TV

Alternative TV were an English people rock music rock band, formed in London in 1976. Their punk rock and post-punk sound has proven influential for several musical artists....
, 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
Anarcho-punk

Anarcho-punk is a faction of the punk subculture that consists of bands, groups and individuals promoting anarchism politics.Although not all punks support anarchism, the ideology has played a significant role in the punk subculture, and punk has had a significant influence on the expression of contemporary anarchism....
 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
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 group
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
s, and unquestioning acceptance of celebrity
Celebrity

A celebrity is a widely-recognized or notable person who commands a high degree of public and media attention. The word stems from the Latin verb "celebrare" but one may not become a celebrity unless public and mass media interest is piqued....
 culture.

The DIY aesthetic of punk created a thriving underground press; someone could not only start a band but also be a music journalist and critic. Mark Perry produced the first photocopied issue of Sniffin' Glue
Sniffin' Glue

Sniffin' Glue is the name of a famous and pioneering monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. The name is derived from a Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Others that wrote for the magazine that later became well known journalists include Danny Baker....
 in London immediately after that Ramones concert in 1976. In the US, such titles as Punk, Search & Destroy (later REsearch
Research

Research is defined as human activity based on intellectual application in the investigation of matter. The primary purpose for applied research is discovery , interpretation , and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe....
), Flipside
Flipside (fanzine)

Flipside was a punk rock punk zine published in Los Angeles, California from 1977 - 2001.As one of the first and longest running US punk rock fanzines, this publication extensively chronicled the world of independent and underground music during this era....
 and Slash
Slash (fanzine)

Slash was a punk rock-related fanzines published in the United States from 1977 to 1980.The magazine was a large-format tabloid focused on the Los Angeles punk scene, though it did not restrict itself to local acts: its first cover featured Dave Vanian of The Damned....
 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
Science fiction fandom

Science fiction fandom or SF fandom is a community of people actively interested in science fiction and fantasy literature, and in contact with one another based upon that interest....
 to rock and, later, punk rock and "new wave
New Wave music

New Wave is a genre of rock music which originated from the late 1970s. It emerged from punk rock as a reaction against the popular music of the 1970s....
" was Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw

Greg Shaw was a Los Angeles-based fanzine publisher, music historian and record label owner. He grew up near San Francisco, California.It was as a young teenager that he started writing about rock and roll music....
's Who Put the Bomp
Who Put the Bomp

Who Put The Bomp was a rock music fanzine edited and published by Greg Shaw from 1970-79. Later its name was shortened to "Bomp!". Shaw was one of the first and best known rock fanzine editors....
, published since 1970. Punk zines were produced in many European countries in the years after the first productions for example the first appeared in Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 in March 1977.

The politically-charged Maximum RocknRoll
Maximum RocknRoll

Maximumrocknroll is a widely distributed, monthly not-for-profit fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors....
 and the anarchist Profane Existence
Profane Existence

The Profane Existence Collective is a Minneapolis-based anarcho-punk collective. Established in 1989, the collective publishes a nationally-known punk zine , as well as releasing and distributing anarcho-punk, crust punk, and grindcore music, and printing and publishing pamphlets and literature....
 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
Factsheet Five

Factsheet Five was a periodical consisting almost exclusively of short reviews of privately produced printed matter along with contact details of the editors and publishers....
 chronicled thousands of underground publications and "zines" in the 1980s and 1990s.

List of punk fanzines and punkzines

  • Absolutely Zippo
    Absolutely Zippo

    Absolutely Zippo is a punk rock fanzine created by Robert Eggplant to document the happenings of the East Bay Berkeley, California punk scene during its heyday in the late 1980s/early 1990s....
  • Black Market Magazine
    Black Market Magazine

    Black Market Magazine was a music, film, art and comic zine which started in 1985.Based in San Diego, Black Market Magazine initially featured mostly reviews / interviews of punk rock and other alternative bands such as Samhain, The Cramps, D.O.A., Tex and the Horseheads, G.B.H., New Order, Christian Death, Bad Religion, Ramones, Murphey's...
     San Diego, 1985-1995
  • Bombsite Fanzine Eric's Club punk fanzine, Liverpool, 1977
  • Burnt Offering
    Burnt Offering

    Burnt Offering was a punk zine based in and around Northampton, England, from 1979 to 1980.In keeping with the DIY style of the time, Burnt Offerings house style was a mixture of badly-typed articles, ransom note effect lettering and cartoon drawings....
     Northampton, England, 1979 - 1980
  • Chainsaw
    Chainsaw (punk zine)

    Chainsaw, a punk zine edited by "Charlie Chainsaw" was published in suburbs Croydon in 1977 and ran to fourteen issues before ceasing publication in 1984....
     Croydon, England, 1977-1984
  • Cometbus
    Cometbus

    Cometbus is a punk zine started in Berkeley, California in 1983 by Aaron Elliott. Writing under the pen name Aaron Cometbus, Elliott has self-published his usually handwritten zine for about 25 years....
  • Cripes (Free Fanzine of Bruce's Record Shop Scotland)
  • Fracture
  • Flipside
    Flipside (fanzine)

    Flipside was a punk rock punk zine published in Los Angeles, California from 1977 - 2001.As one of the first and longest running US punk rock fanzines, this publication extensively chronicled the world of independent and underground music during this era....
     — Los Angeles, 1977-2000
  • Granite City (Aberdeen late 70s)
  • HeartattaCk
  • Homocore
    Homocore (zine)

    Homocore is an United States Anarcho-punk zine created by Tom Jennings and Deke Nihilson, and published in San Francisco from 1988 to 1991. One of the first queer zines, Homocore was directed toward the hardcore punk youth of the gay underground....
     (San Francisco, California, 1988-1991)
  • Jamming
    Jamming (fanzine)

    Jamming! was a late 1970s to early 1980s UK punk zine edited by Tony Fletcher. Many of the early editions were printed and distributed by Better Badges....
  • J.D.s
    J.D.s

    J.D.s is a queer punk zine founded in Toronto, Ontario by G.B. Jones and co-published with Bruce LaBruce, that ran for eight issues from 1985 to 1991....
  • KCDIY
    KCDIY

    KCDIY is a website that documents Kansas City, Missouri, United States, Missouri's local Punk rock music scene as well as other underground music and art scenes, as well as local activism....
  • Kill Your Pet Puppy
    Kill Your Pet Puppy

    Kill Your Pet Puppy was a United Kingdom punkzine that ran for six issues between 1979 and 1984. It was edited by Tony Drayton who had previously produced Ripped and Torn fanzine which he started in October 1976 and which survived for 18 issues until 1979....
  • Kingdom Come Fife Scotland (late 70s)
  • Maximum RocknRoll
    Maximum RocknRoll

    Maximumrocknroll is a widely distributed, monthly not-for-profit fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. It features interviews, columns, and reviews from international contributors....
  • Mass Movement Cowbridge, South Wales ?-present
  • No Cure
    No Cure

    No Cure was a Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom based punkzine. It was part edited and produced by Richard Griffin and Richard Haworth with contributions from Jah P....
  • Profane Existence
    Profane Existence

    The Profane Existence Collective is a Minneapolis-based anarcho-punk collective. Established in 1989, the collective publishes a nationally-known punk zine , as well as releasing and distributing anarcho-punk, crust punk, and grindcore music, and printing and publishing pamphlets and literature....
     Minneapolis, 1989-present
  • Punk Magazine New York, 1976-1979
  • Rancid News
    Rancid News

    Last Hours is a relatively young punk zine, in circulation since the Spring of 2003.Last Hours was initially launched at a time when the Fracture and Reason To Believe zines were still in existence....
     - UK, 2003 (now called Last Hours)
  • Razorcake
    Razorcake

    Razorcake is a 501 non-profit organization that publishes the Razorcake fanzine, a DIY punk rock fanzine published bi-monthly out of Los Angeles, California....
  • RE/Search
    RE/Search

    RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, California, founded and edited by V. Vale in 1980....
  • Rubicon
  • Search and Destroy
    RE/Search

    RE/Search Publications is a United States magazine and book publisher, based in San Francisco, California, founded and edited by V. Vale in 1980....
     - San Francisco, 1977
  • Slash
    Slash (fanzine)

    Slash was a punk rock-related fanzines published in the United States from 1977 to 1980.The magazine was a large-format tabloid focused on the Los Angeles punk scene, though it did not restrict itself to local acts: its first cover featured Dave Vanian of The Damned....
     - Los Angeles, 1977-1980
  • Slug and Lettuce
    Slug and Lettuce (fanzine)

    Slug and Lettuce is a free newsprint punk zine started in New York City and currently based in Richmond, Virginia. Its byline reads "A zine supporting the Do-It-Yourself ethics of the punk community"....
  • Sniffin' Glue
    Sniffin' Glue

    Sniffin' Glue is the name of a famous and pioneering monthly punk zine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. The name is derived from a Ramones song "Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue." Others that wrote for the magazine that later became well known journalists include Danny Baker....
     — UK, 1976-1977
  • Suburban Voice
    Suburban Voice

    Suburban Voice is a Punk subculture zine published by Al Quint. Originally started in 1982, it was titled Suburban Punk for the first 10 issues, and then the titled changed to Suburban Voice....
  • The Tales of Blarg!


See also


  • Fanzine#Punk fanzines
    Fanzine

    A fanzine is a nonprofessional publication produced by fan s of a particular cultural phenomenon for the pleasure of others who share their interest....
  • HOARD magazine
    HOARD magazine

    Hoard magazine is an online art and culture publication that was launched December 2000. The publication features works of various genres and mediums such as photography, painting, mixed media, film and creative writing....
  • Zine#Distribution
    Zine

    A zine is most commonly a small circulation, non-commercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images. More broadly, the term encompasses any self-publishing work of minority interest usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety of colored paper stock....

External links

  • - One of the world's longest running paper punk/hardcore zines.
  • A monthly online publication covering all things punk rock
  • - read out-of-print punk zines online
  • Long Island punk zine
  • Irish punk zine
  • An online Belgian punk zine
  • Archive of DIY Punk zine from Dublin, Ireland
  • Liverpool Eric's based punk zine, blog and historical ref