Category Archives: UK zines

Sacrilege (Little Things Please Little Minds #3)

Posted on November 28, 2020 by smurfpunx

I started corresponding with ‘Slug’ Ian Glasper (from Ledbury, in the UK’s West Midlands) in 1988 when his band ‘Decadence Within’ was looking for help to tour the European continent. We met a bunch of times when they gigged in … Continue reading →

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Dan (Testament Of Reality #8 & 9)

Posted on October 17, 2020 by smurfpunx

Ian Armstrong (from Darlington) used to do Testament Of Reality & Eat Fungus Or Die. Later he started bands such as ‘Dan’ and ‘SofaHead’, and did the record-label Meantime recs. Nowadays Ian runs the booking-agency (promoting gigs and bands) Hidden … Continue reading →

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Black Flag (Final Curtain #10)

Posted on September 16, 2020 by smurfpunx

Final Curtain was a punk & hardcore music fanzine that ‘Plebb’ Paul May (from Grays, Essex) did in the early 1980s (with support of some contributors). He also did a few compilation-tapes (under that name), one of which was entitled … Continue reading →

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Crass (Guilty Of What #3)

Posted on July 19, 2020 by smurfpunx

Chris Low (a.k.a. Spike) from Stirling, Scotland started doing this zine in his early teens. As far as I know he did 3 issues. #1 with ‘Discharge’, ‘Crass’; #2 (82): ‘Anti-Pasti’, ‘The Wall’, ‘China Pig’, ‘The Fakes’, etc. & #3 … Continue reading →

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Suffer (Hell And Damnation #1)

Posted on July 5, 2020 by smurfpunx

This was an “old-school DIY cut’n’paste” zine that focused on the “DIY HC- & anarcho-punk underground”; done by Colin ‘Astro (Zombie)’ (from Doncaster, South Yorkshire). Someone send me some clippings of the first 2 issues… #1 started as a split … Continue reading →

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Disattack (Phoenix From The Crypt #4)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by smurfpunx

Bill Steer, Andrew Pek (R.I.P.) & ‘Middie’ Peter Middlebrough – guitarist, vocalist & drummer of ‘Carcass’ (also in ‘Disattack’ before) – from Wirral (near Liverpool) did this zine… They started it in the first half of the 80s. Some bands … Continue reading →

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Crucifix (Raising Hell #7)

Posted on April 18, 2020 by smurfpunx

Elsewhere on this webiste, there’s already clippings from Raising Hell – see: ‘Contropotere’ (#22) & ‘Scraps’ (#19). I started reading/distributing Ben ‘Sicko’ (Sik O’ War) Cooper’s zine (and corresponding with him) in the early 90s. Dirk Ceustermans borrowed me his … Continue reading →

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P.A.I.N. (Punk Shocker #6)

Posted on March 6, 2020 by smurfpunx

This zine was done by ‘Andy Shocker’ (Andrew S.) from the Durham/Newcastle Upon Tyne region. There were 11 issues released between 1989 and 2005. The following overview is based on the ‘Punk Shocker’ Years 1989 – 2004 zineography that was … Continue reading →

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Toxic Waste (Follow The Crowd #3)

Posted on January 18, 2020 by smurfpunx

A fanzine from Omagh, Northern-Ireland, done by ‘Moyni’ Tony Moynihan and Derek ‘Doe’ Lynn (guitar/vocals & bass/vocals of ‘The Icons’). The first is a friend of Dirk Ceustermans (who borrowed me his copy of the 4th issue). The latter passed … Continue reading →

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Culture Shock (R.O.T. #3)

Posted on November 8, 2019 by smurfpunx

R.O.T. was a fanzine from Eastborne/Brighton edited by ‘Herbs’ Ruben Vine (a.k.a. Glenda) & ‘Smiff’ Steve Smith. They did 3 issues but the the 4th was just ‘Herbs’. Each issue was given another name: Rock On Thatcher (#1) – Reasons … Continue reading →

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