Absolutely Zippo is a punk rock fanzine created by Robert Eggplant to document the happenings of the East Bay Berkeley punk scene during its heyday in the late 1980s/early 1990s. Contributors included Aaron Cometbus of Cometbus fame (writing under the pen name "Skrub"), Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day (who wrote a brief article about how to be a couch potato) and Larry Livermore of Lookout! Records. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... A fanzine (see also: zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... Robert Eggplant is the esteemed publisher of Absolutely Zippo fanzine which he has been doing since 1987. ... East Bay Township, Michigan East Bay (California) is a subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area East Bay (Rhode Island) is a region of Rhode Island This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Berkeley as seen from the Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve Berkeley is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area of northern California, in the United States. ... Aaron Elliott, better known as Aaron Cometbus, is the author of Cometbus, a seminal punk rock zine. ... Cometbus was an eponymous punk zine, started in Berkeley, California in 1983 by Aaron Cometbus, born Aaron Elliot. ... Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is the songwriter, lead vocalist and guitarist for punk/pop punk band Green Day. ... Green Day is a California-based Pop punk/Punk rock band, consisting of Billie Joe Armstrong (lead vocals, guitar), Mike Dirnt (born Michael Pritchard; bass, backing vocals), and Tré Cool (born Frank Edwin Wright III; drums, backing vocals). ... Larry Livermore (born 1947) is an American musician, record producer and music journalist. ... Lookout! Records is an independent record label based in Berkeley, California. ...

Absolutely Zippo was famous for scene reports, record and show reviews, band photos (often grainy and low-quality due to cheap photocopying), stories, comics, rants, editorials, artwork and more.