So a first edition best of punk magazine book probably won t be much different. Even punk 21 published in 2006 is now a sought after collectible selling on ebay for twice the rpice it was available for just a few years ago. It is guaranteed to become a collector s item just like punk magazine back issues.
It s a beautiful work of art. Many bands self produce. Punk embraces a diy ethic.
Rooted in 1960s garage rock punk bands rejected the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock they typically produced short fast paced songs with hard edged melodies and singing styles stripped down instrumentation and often political anti establishment lyrics. Punk rock or simply punk is a music genre that emerged in the mid 1970s. I never took them by hand to sell at gigs.
The main thing was a review of the ramones. The first issue didn t have many pages and there were no photographs. Many of the excellent illustrated covers of punk magazine in this post were done by the zine s cofounder john holmstrom the man behind the cover of the ramones album road to ruin and rocket to russia as well as other illustrated oddities since embarking on his long.
The cover of the first issue of punk magazine featuring an illustration of lou reed by john holmstrom january 1976. Punk rock fanzines citation needed. As one of the first and longest running u s.
In addition to publication of the magazine the magazine was associated with its own record label flipside records releasing vinyl records and compact discs beginning in 1978. Flipside originally known as los angeles flip side was a punk zine published in whittier and pasadena california from 1977 to 2000. Holmstrom states in his book the best of punk magazine that he and legs mcneil originally went to cbgb s to interview the ramones for the cover story.
Way back in the mid 70 s as the punk world of lower manhattan was still forming a skinny young john holmstrom wound up interviewing lou reed for the first issue of punk magazine.
First issue of punk magazine. Punk was a music magazine and fanzine created by cartoonist john holmstrom publisher ged dunn and resident punk legs mcneil in 1975. Its use of the term punk rock coined by writers for creem magazine a few years earlier to describe the simplistic and crude style of 60 s garage rock bands further popularized the term the founders were influenced by their affection for comic books and. All contents 1976 2004 punk magazine inc.
All contents 1976 2004 punk magazine inc. Its use of the term punk rock coined by writers for creem magazine a few years earlier to describe the simplistic and crude style of 60 s garage rock bands further popularized the term the founders were influenced by their affection for comic books and. Punk was a music magazine and fanzine created by cartoonist john holmstrom publisher ged dunn and resident punk legs mcneil in 1975.
