Manchester University Press
15 Punk zines
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Abstract
This chapter examines the development of punk fanzines from the late 1970s, exploring the role of these music fan-produced publications in giving meaning to the experience of a music community. It talks about the way that punk zines have been understood in broader analyses of punk culture. The chapter focuses on one example of a British regional anarcho-punk fanzine and the way it constructed anarcho-punk as music, politics and, most importantly, as a community and movement. It seeks to understand how the zine author produced a publication, a sense of regional activity and a discourse of anarcho-punk authenticity. The chapter looks to more online uses of the idea of a punk webzine and evaluates the degree to which the visual, verbal and editorial practices of earlier print fanzines are reproduced in internet publishing.
Abstract
This chapter examines the development of punk fanzines from the late 1970s, exploring the role of these music fan-produced publications in giving meaning to the experience of a music community. It talks about the way that punk zines have been understood in broader analyses of punk culture. The chapter focuses on one example of a British regional anarcho-punk fanzine and the way it constructed anarcho-punk as music, politics and, most importantly, as a community and movement. It seeks to understand how the zine author produced a publication, a sense of regional activity and a discourse of anarcho-punk authenticity. The chapter looks to more online uses of the idea of a punk webzine and evaluates the degree to which the visual, verbal and editorial practices of earlier print fanzines are reproduced in internet publishing.
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Epigraph v
- Contents vii
- List of contributors ix
- The Subcultures Network xii
- Foreword xiii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introduction 1
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Part I I wanna be me: punk and identity
- 1 ‘If you want to live, you better know how to fight’ 13
- 2 Oi! Oi! Oi! 34
- 3 Playing a-minor in the punk scene? 65
- 4 Immigrant punk 77
- 5 Crass, subculture and class 99
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Part II Transmission: punk and place
- 6 ‘Flowers of evil’ 119
- 7 Distortions in distance 139
- 8 Lo spirito continua 155
- 9 Shared enemies, shared friends 170
- 10 Ostpunx 186
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Part III When the punks go marching in: punk, communication and production
- 11 Silver screen sedition 205
- 12 ‘Punk belongs to the punx, not business men!’ 232
- 13 Normality kills 252
- 14 ‘Militant entertainment’? 268
- 15 Punk zines 287
- Afterword – the cultural impact of punk 304
- Index 317
Chapters in this book
- Front matter i
- Epigraph v
- Contents vii
- List of contributors ix
- The Subcultures Network xii
- Foreword xiii
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Introduction 1
-
Part I I wanna be me: punk and identity
- 1 ‘If you want to live, you better know how to fight’ 13
- 2 Oi! Oi! Oi! 34
- 3 Playing a-minor in the punk scene? 65
- 4 Immigrant punk 77
- 5 Crass, subculture and class 99
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Part II Transmission: punk and place
- 6 ‘Flowers of evil’ 119
- 7 Distortions in distance 139
- 8 Lo spirito continua 155
- 9 Shared enemies, shared friends 170
- 10 Ostpunx 186
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Part III When the punks go marching in: punk, communication and production
- 11 Silver screen sedition 205
- 12 ‘Punk belongs to the punx, not business men!’ 232
- 13 Normality kills 252
- 14 ‘Militant entertainment’? 268
- 15 Punk zines 287
- Afterword – the cultural impact of punk 304
- Index 317
