Sniffin’ Glue at 50! Do you make a music zine? If so, we want to see it
To mark 50 years since the punk DIY publishing explosion, we want to compile a map of the UK’s contemporary zine scene
This year marks what is officially considered the 50th anniversary of punk: five decades since the Sex Pistols played Manchester Lesser Free Hall and allegedly inspired everyone present to start a band; and since the Ramones acted as a similar catalyst at London’s Roundhouse.
Although zines – self-made magazines – had existed for at least a decade prior to that, punk’s DIY spirit manifested in an explosion of homemade publications documenting the scene, its mores, norms and beefs – most famously Sniffin’ Glue.
Even as many traditional music mags have fallen in the era of online music journalism, zines have persisted – and even enjoying a resurgence as younger readers search for a tactile relationship with media.
If you make a zine about music, we want to see it: not historic items from a cherished collection, nor projects that have ceased publication, but extant, ongoing DIY mags in which you and friends document your scenes, tastes, loves and hates (for what is a zine without a good diatribe?).
If you want to participate in an upcoming Guardian Music feature, please fill out the form below – and upload a PDF of your latest issue.
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