Editing Fanzine (section)

====United Kingdom ====

The [[punk subculture]] in the United Kingdom spearheaded a surge of interest in fanzines as a countercultural alternative to established print media. In his 1985 book ''One Chord Wonders'', Dave Laing argues that fanzines, along with self-produced 7" single records, were the essence of 'punk difference'.<ref>Laing, Dave. 1985. ''One Chord Wonders: Power and Meaning in Punk Rock.'' Milton Keynes: Open University Press. 2nd end. 2015. Oakland: PM Press.</ref> Matt Worley, in ''Xerox Machine'', sees the significance of fanzines in punk as both at the time a response to 'an out-of-touch [mainstream] music press' and retrospectively as a way of 'trac[ing] punk's cultural influence into the backrooms, bedrooms and side streets of Britain'.<ref>Worley, Matthew. 2024. ''Xerox Machine: Post, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976-1988''. London: Reaktion.</ref> The first and still best known UK 'punk zine' was ''[[Sniffin' Glue]]'', produced by [[Deptford, London|Deptford]] punk fan [[Mark Perry (musician)|Mark Perry]].  ''Sniffin' Glue'' ran for 12 photocopied issues; the first issue was produced by Perry immediately following (and in response to) the London debut of [[The Ramones]] on 4 July 1976. Other UK fanzines included ''[[Blam! (fanzine)|Blam!]]'', ''[[Bombsite (fanzine)|Bombsite]]'', ''Wool City Rocker'', ''Burnt Offering'', ''Sideburns'', ''[[Chainsaw (punk zine)|Chainsaw]]'', ''[[New Crimes]]'', ''[[Vague (fanzine)|Vague]]'', ''[[Jamming (fanzine)|Jamming]]'', [[Artcore Fanzine]], ''[[Love and Molotov Cocktails]]'', ''[[To Hell With Poverty]]'', ''[[New Youth (fanzine)|New Youth]]'', ''[[Peroxide (punk zine)|Peroxide]]'', ''[[ENZK]]'', ''[[Juniper beri-beri]]'', ''[[No Cure]]'', ''[[Communication Blur]]'', ''[[Rox (fanzine)|Rox]]'', ''[[Grim Humour]]'', ''[[Spuno]]'',<ref name="Spuno info online">{{cite web|url=http://si-site-nogsy.blogspot.com/2011/07/spuno-3-1980.html|title=essential ephemera|author=Si|work=si-site-nogsy.blogspot.com|date=10 July 2011}}</ref> ''[[Cool Notes]]'' and ''[[Fumes (magazine)|Fumes]]''. Of these, Tony Fletcher's ''Jamming'' was the most far reaching, becoming a nationally distributed mainstream magazine for several years before its demise.{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}