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"Sniffin Glue" was the most vital and cutting edge punk fanzine of its time. It featured all the key artists of the time from "The Ramones" and the "Sex Pistols" to "Blondie". Written by Mark Perry, this book takes an irreverent retrospective look at the heady days of punk, featuring superb original photographs from the likes of Jill Furmanovsky and Pennie Smith and a full-length interview with TV and radion personality Danny Baker, who wrote for the original fanzine over 20 years ago at the start of their career. During its brief existence "Sniffin Glue" brilliantly chronicled the birth, rise and demise of punk rock in the UK. Starting with a print run of a mere 50 copies, by Issue 3 the circulation was way into the thousands. Joined in the later issues by young co-writer Danny Baker, sales started to exceed expectations and by Issue 12 Mark Perry called it a day declaring it's existence too successful as he was keen to avoid accusations of becoming part of the established rock press. And for the collector there are all 12 issues of the magazine reproduced in their entirety.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Every issue of Sniffin' Glue (punk fanzine started by Mark Perry, July 1976), is collected in this volume, making it an excellent document of punk as it unfolded. It's fascinating to read about this music/scene before it had become absorbed into just another part of popular culture. Vital source material for anyone interested in music or cultural history.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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A big journey back in time, not "Ashes to Ashes" but "Sense of Doubt"; the mid to late 70's, detailing the big bang captured on typewriter, zerox machine and a great deal of foresight. Read this to gain insight into the characters; the heavy Clash backstage silence, Sid jumping on the fanzine for poser effect, the fickle Bowie/Roxy fans simpering into synth pap. The fault lines evident in hindsight. At the time euphoria carried the day.
The distance between Rotherhithe, Deptford and Bromley, physically is around 2-3 miles. A journey via Lewisham, Catford, Downham before arriving at Bromley. In economic terms it is more than a cultural generation away. It demarcates completely different lifestyles. Sniffin Glue joined the two together for the first time creating the bond age of "art".
This was the proto power of 77. Euphoria and belief, captured by the Clash, Chelsea, Pistols, Damned, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Moped, Ramones, Cherry Vanila, Buzzcocks and the countless others all exploding into being. A social document, rather than a template for the modern world, this exploded when young people believed they could initiate change instead of impersonate their parents.
It is now far easier to record, distribute and bypass the major corporations to sell to the public. The product is missing, the inverse of the late 70's where everything was a struggle, but the end result was startling.
The fanzine was a success of the free market system, it entailed to replace. Ironic, because the free market system looked on these entrepeunarial skills with aghast rage. The working classes doing things for themselves was the not the vision they wanted to inculcate. Those churned out of Secondary Modern were cannon fodder for the machine that swallowed up their parents and grand parents.
Eventually caught in the cross roads of success, Sniffin Glue disbanded. Meanwhile some of these bands sold their souls to Mephistopheles for filthy lucre, in return for everlasting corporate life. Others disbanded just like the "Glue" as the world shifted into Ballardian sterility. Forever parading lesser doses of rebellion and greater notions of absraction, the short change of the audience "in the name of love" churned with precision. Angst and rage fractured into fragments.
This is the real sound of the inner city before it succumbed to heroin, cheap beer and crack addiction. This is when the true free market decided a hostile takeover was needed to rescue itself.
The distance between Rotherhithe, Deptford and Bromley, physically is around 2-3 miles. A journey via Lewisham, Catford, Downham before arriving at Bromley. In economic terms it is more than a cultural generation away. It demarcates completely different lifestyles. Sniffin Glue joined the two together for the first time creating the bond age of "art".
This was the proto power of 77. Euphoria and belief, captured by the Clash, Chelsea, Pistols, Damned, Johnny Thunders, Johnny Moped, Ramones, Cherry Vanila, Buzzcocks and the countless others all exploding into being. A social document, rather than a template for the modern world, this exploded when young people believed they could initiate change instead of impersonate their parents.
It is now far easier to record, distribute and bypass the major corporations to sell to the public. The product is missing, the inverse of the late 70's where everything was a struggle, but the end result was startling.
The fanzine was a success of the free market system, it entailed to replace. Ironic, because the free market system looked on these entrepeunarial skills with aghast rage. The working classes doing things for themselves was the not the vision they wanted to inculcate. Those churned out of Secondary Modern were cannon fodder for the machine that swallowed up their parents and grand parents.
Eventually caught in the cross roads of success, Sniffin Glue disbanded. Meanwhile some of these bands sold their souls to Mephistopheles for filthy lucre, in return for everlasting corporate life. Others disbanded just like the "Glue" as the world shifted into Ballardian sterility. Forever parading lesser doses of rebellion and greater notions of absraction, the short change of the audience "in the name of love" churned with precision. Angst and rage fractured into fragments.
This is the real sound of the inner city before it succumbed to heroin, cheap beer and crack addiction. This is when the true free market decided a hostile takeover was needed to rescue itself.
2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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What a wonderful journey back into the summer of 76 and 77 when I left school and discovered a whole new world or rock n roll.
The simplicity and honesty of the fanzine were the attraction, just like the whole punk ethos. this book is a must for people who were there or who just wanted to be.
The simplicity and honesty of the fanzine were the attraction, just like the whole punk ethos. this book is a must for people who were there or who just wanted to be.
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