Category Archives: Italian zines

Nuova Fahrenheit

Posted on April 5, 2022 by smurfpunx

From 1982 on, ‘Punkrazio’ Andrea Menichini (from a small place between Udine and the border with Slovenia) was the bassist of ‘Pravda‘ (the others were singer Michele, guitarist Maurizio D’angelo & drummer Marco). Before (1981) he had been the guitarist … Continue reading →

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Disforia

Posted on January 23, 2022 by smurfpunx

Disforia (dysphoria = state of unease/dissatisfaction) was mainly the work of ‘Takkop’ (Roberto Farano a.k.a ‘Tax’; guitarist of ‘Negazione‘ – previously of ‘5° Braccio’ and also drummer of ‘Declino’) from Torino. He got help of Marco Mathieu & ‘Zazzo’ Guido … Continue reading →

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Panico (Astro Zombies #3)

Posted on February 27, 2021 by smurfpunx

Around 1995 I got in touch with the anarchist HC band ‘D.D.I.‘ from Pavia. Their singer ‘Mila’ [Gianpiero Milani] ran AZ Autoproduzioni (distro and label), together with the band’s friends Irith Davidson, Piero Majocchi & Luca Musso. AZ came from … Continue reading →

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Crash Box (T.V.O.R. #4)

Posted on January 16, 2021 by smurfpunx

Teste Vuote, Ossa Rotte (“empty heads, broken bones”), also known as T.V.O.R. Chaoszine, was a hardcore/punk fanzine that was started in 1981 in Como by ‘Stiv’ (Stefano) ‘Rottame’ Valli (singer, later bassist of ‘Orda’/’Orda Massacrata’) and Marco ‘Maniglia’ Medici (Milano; … Continue reading →

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Peggio Punx (ControCultura #3)

Posted on December 13, 2020 by smurfpunx

I read some reviews of this zine in Raising Hell but never got to see this zine back in the days. It was written in Italian. Adriano ‘Magou’ Di Gaspero from Faedis (near Udine, Italy) was the editor. He sent … Continue reading →

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Cheetah Chrome Motherfuckers (Brains Out #1)

Posted on October 4, 2020 by smurfpunx

This is Brains Out, the first punk fanzine in Tuscany. >>We would immediately like to point out that the first name of this zine was Total Dissent. Unfortunately we had to change because it was problematic for people printing it: … Continue reading →

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Bimba Obesa (Santa Riot)

Posted on July 19, 2018 by smurfpunx

I found some bits of Santa Riot; there was a lot more but that got probably lost. To read it back now I can see that my level of English at that time was hilarious! I was young and punk … Continue reading →

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Harum Scarum (Clit Rocket #2)

Posted on November 9, 2016 by smurfpunx

Veruska Bellistri (a.k.a. Veruska ‘Outlaw’) was a zinester from Rome that I traded some material from my distro with after the turn of the century. Her zine Clit Rocket covered queer bands and she wrote about topics such as gender, feminism … Continue reading →

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Resist (L’Intransigente #1)

Posted on March 14, 2016 by smurfpunx

During the spring of 1992 ‘Resist’ (from Portland, Oregon) toured Europe (organised by Ueli Schill of Romp Productions in Luzern, Switzerland); that also brought them to the Vort’n Vis (92-06-13). They were a political HC/ anarchopunk band with Kelly Halliburton … Continue reading →

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Yuppicide (Zips & Chains #9)

Posted on April 28, 2015 by smurfpunx

The main man of Zips & Chains was Dario Adamic (a.k.a. Adam). He’s originally from Split (at that time in Yugoslavia, nowadays Croatia) but I got to know him when he started studying in Rome (early 90s). I believe we … Continue reading →

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