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Encyclopedia > Punk zine

A punk zine (or punkzine) is a fanzine devoted to punk rock music, bands, or the DIY punk philosophy. A fanzine (see also: zine) is an nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ... 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. ... The DIY punk ethic refers to the idea of doing it yourself, i. ...

Selection of British and American punk zines, 1994-2004
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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. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 414 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Punk zine Categories: GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 414 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Punk zine Categories: GFDL images ... Sniffin Glue is the name of a famous and pioneering monthly punk fanzine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. ... Alternative TV was an influential British punk rock band. ... Mark Perry was a British fanzine publisher and musician. ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... The Pop Group were a post punk band from Bristol, United Kingdom whose uncompromising, dissonant sound spanned punk, free jazz and dub reggae. ... A celebrity is a person who is widely recognized in a society. ...


List of punk fanzines and punk-zines

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Fracture, was the first free, national, UK based fanzine. ... Flipside was a punk rock fanzine published in Los Angeles, California from 1977 - 2001. ... Kill Your Pet Puppy ran for six issues between 1979 and 1984. ... Maximum Rocknroll Issue #1 Maximum Rocknroll is a monthly punk fanzine based in San Francisco, USA. Featuring interviews, columns and reviews from international contributors, Maximum RocknRoll could be thought of as one of the most important presences in punk. ... No Cure was a Newbury, UK based punkzine. ... Profane Existence (Mostly referred to by those who know of it as P.E.) is an anarcho-syndicalist collective, known mostly for the zine of the same name it publishes on a seasonal basis 8 times a year(meaning there is a spring-summer issue, a summer-fall issue, a... Punk Magazine was a fanzine created by Legs McNeil and John Holmstrom. ... Rancid News is a relatively young punk fanzine, having only been started in the spring of 2003. ... Reason To Believe was a fanzine based in Leeds, UK, which acted - for its brief life - as a focus for the DIY European Punk scene. The zine was run as a collective, which worked to a limited degree, and was distributed by a concept known as punk post, which worked... Search and Destroy missions, or S&D patrols were a common format of combat mission for American ground troops in the Vietnam War. ... Slash was one of the first punk rock-related fanzines published in the US. Slash, issue 16, 1978. ... Sniffin Glue is the name of a famous and pioneering monthly punk fanzine started by Mark Perry in July 1976 and released for about a year. ...

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A fanzine (see also: zine) is an nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular subject for the pleasure of others who share their interest. ...

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Fanzine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1420 words)
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.
The Punk explosion in the United Kingdom led to a massive upsurge of interest in fanzines as an alternative to the mainstream media that was felt to be too exploitative, capitalist, and essentially uninterested in the Punk Movement and the concerns of disaffected youth.
In recent years the traditional paper zine has begun to give way to the webzine (or "e-zine") that is easier to produce and uses the potential of the Internet to reach an ever larger, possibly global, audience.
Zines, E-Zines: From Fandom to Feminism (946 words)
Most zines are extremely ephemeral, many not surviving past the first few issues or changing titles with relative frequency, and are therefore difficult to study.
Zines have made great strides in gaining legitimacy and cultural importance as they have moved away from addressing subjects dealing strictly with popular culture and have started to cover more relevant subjects that affect more people.
As a movement, punk adopted the same revolutionary ideals held by the early avant-garde movements: unusual fashions, the view of everyday life as an abstraction of art, the juxtaposition of unrelated objects and behaviors, adversarial involvement of the audience in performances, a general lack of artistic training and the rejection of accepted modes of performance.
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