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Fanzines
The bulk of these are from the late 80s / early 90s, when the UK and US fan
scenes exploded in a rush of creativity and DIY punk enthusiasm. I’ve
split these up into groups – the first has the stand-out titles, usually
in runs (either full or close to it) whereas the second is a grab-bag of odds
and sods. Please note that especially professional fanzines may be in the ‘magazine’
listings elsewhere on the site.
Cream of the Crop
The following are the best to have come out of the late 80s zine revolution
– they may be professionally produced or they may not, but the content
represents the best the period had to offer. Postage by arrangement depending
on buyer’s location, weight of package etc, but it will most likely be
25-50p per title for UK delivery.
BOOM! (a great one-off from the Subhuman stable) £1.50
GORE GAZETTE 1-40, 47-49, 53, 55-59, 64, 67, 68, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 81, 83-97,
99 (legendary N.Y. splatter zine, second only to Sleazoid Express, by the wonderful
Right Reverend Rick Sullivan. A landmark horror / sleaze mag; these back issues
are now very hard to come by) 74 issues - £140 the lot or enquire about
individual issues
HIGH-TECH TERROR 5-15, 19-30, 32-40, 42 (another amazing review-based Yankzine)
£1.25 each or £40 the lot
JOHN CARPENTER FILE 9 (astonishingly researched mag by a serious devotee –
loads of reviews and interviews) £1.50
MONSTER 32-36 (more fine Yank stuff) £1.25 each or £5.50 the lot
NAKED EYE 1 (intelligent analysis of genre and arthouse film) £2
NAKED! SCREAMING! TERROR! (another superior yank zine dealing in eurohorror)
£2.50
NECRONOMICON 4 (similar to Naked Eye, juicy contents) £3.25
PORNORAMA 1 (glossy and impressive zine about the porn movie biz – heavily
illustrated) £2.25
ROLLERDERBY 2/3 – 5, 9-16, 18, GENERATION L SPECIAL (indescribable magazine
from Lisa Suckdog. Addictive and fascinating) £36 the lot or £4 each
SAMHAIN 1-27, 29, 35, 36, 50 (the first and best) 1-27 £50 the lot; otherwise
£2 each
SHOCK CINEMA 3, 8, 9 (great reviews from the peerless Steve Puchalski –
these issues now rare) £6.50 each
SLIMETIME 14-18 (what Steve Puchalski did before Shock Cinema. No-one writes
like Puchalski) £6.50 each
SUBHUMAN 9, 10, 12, 13 (utterly wonderful zine from Lousiana covering all
manner of cinematic bizarrities – ‘Sheer Filth’ was heavily
influenced by this) £3 each
TRASH COMPACTOR (issue number? - amazing feature on John Ashley plus lots of
other good stuff) £4.50
UNGAWA 2 (wild prozine featuring Betty Page, Frederick Brown etc - from the
renowned Cathal Tohill – now scarce) £6
VIDEOMANIA / VIDEO DRIVE-IN 1-15 (another Yank zine, demonstrating that, for
the most part, they do this sort of thing effortlessly better than the Brits)
£2 each or £25 the lot
VIDEOOZE 2 (quality Eurosleaze coverage) £3
Assorted
Unless otherwise specified, these are all 85p each, £4 for 5 or £7.50
for 10; for UK postage, add on 45p (for one), 75p (for two to four), £1.25
(for five to seven), or £2.25 (for eight to ten). Ask for specific details
of conditions and contents, since (all together now) there are too many for
me to detail them individually, though I have tried to provide some details.
All zines are from the UK unless otherwise specified.
007 FAN CLUB 16 (professionally produced fan mag)
DEAD ON ARRIVAL 3 (USA – Whip The Flesh, Street Trash [original short]
- £1.25)
Music Zines
£1.35 each inc UK postage.
B.F.U.J. 2 (Playground, Sonic Youth, Butthole Surfers, Rapeman interviews)
BIZARRE 5 (Siouxie, Ramones, Splintered interviews)
COMPULSION 2 (rated UK zine from a few years back: Jim Goad interview, Scorn,
Coil, Whitehouse etc - £1.25)
FUBAR 4 (Franko B, guns)
HEADACHE 5 (Snuff, Playground, Splintered)
SKATE MUTIES 9, BUGS AND DRUGS 1, 2 (hilarious punk zines)
YOUR WORST FEARS CONFIRMED 2 (Coil, Killdozer, Head of Davd)