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Slash Vol.1 Number 1 - Vol.3 Number 5 (complete run)
The Bible of L.A./Westcoast punk. "In its brief run, Slash defined the punk subculture in Los Angeles and beyond with the comic strip Jimbo by Gary Panter and photographs by Melanie Nissen, the cofounding publisher and longtime photo editor. Writing by Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Chris D., Pleasant Gehman and Claude "Kickboy Face" Bessy explored reggae, blues and rockabilly in addition to punk and new wave. Slash diagnosed the nascent punk scene's challenge to the music industry and established its own oppositional voice in the editorial of its very first issue, staking a position against disco, Elvis and concept albums, and declaring: "Enough is enough, partner! About time we squeezed the pus out and sent the filthy rich old farts of rock 'n' roll to retirement homes in Florida where they belong." An incredibly well put together, and very well art directed newspaper by people who really were fans, back in a time when the wider world was completely disinterested in what they were doing. From hosting the first gig of The Screamers to covering Black Flag, The Ramones, The Cramps, The Damned, Fear, The Germs, Nervous Gender and everybody else making a racket in L.A. Really special.
New York Rocker 1-10 - February 1976-December 1977
The early downtown NY punk/rock scene in all it's glory. From a map of where everybody lives to hundereds of photographs of who was who at CBGB's, Max's and the like to profiles of The Ramones, Patti Smith, New York Dolls, Television, Richard Hell, The Runaways, Iggy, Blondie, Cherry Vanilla, Mink DeVille, Mapplethorpe, John Cale and english people (Pistols, Clash etc.) In many cases NY rocker was the first on the scene, when it was a much smaller affair. Texts and photography are phenomenal, and comprise one of the most complete records of underground rock and the downtown scene during the period.
Madrid Me Mata 1-16 (complete run)
"It's difficult to speak of La movida and explain it to those who didn't live those years. We weren't a generation; we weren't an artistic movement; we weren't a group with a concrete ideology. We were simply a bunch of people that coincided in one of the most explosive moments in the country." - Pedro Almodavar. Madrid me Mata (Madrid Kills Me) looks very much to be the i-D of Spain, contributing to a common identity in youth culture during the post Franco years, and chronicling the goings on at the epicentre of the Movida Madrilena. Contributions from Almadovar, Alberto Garcia Alix, Miguel Trillo. Streetstyle, nightclubs, fashion, cinema, daily life.
LiLiPUT Press Pack
liLiPUT press pack put out by Rough Trade in 1980, covers the Kleenex years and forthcoming material. Images by Peter Fischli and others.
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