Archive of Punk and Hardcore Zines, Label Magazines and Catalogues, Including Maximumrocknroll, Revelation Records, and Punk Planet, 1996 to 2000

Punk Planet Maximumrocknroll

Periodical

Late 1990s American punk and hardcore magazine group, 1996 to 2000, documenting the bands, records, labels, politics, and local participation that defined the scene during the period. The strongest publications are Maximumrocknroll, HeartattaCk, No Idea, and Punk Planet, each a substantial title with a long publication history and an established presence in punk archives. Maximumrocknroll had covered international punk and hardcore since the early 1980s; HeartattaCk ran for fifty issues under Kent McClard and the Ebullition Records staff; No Idea developed from a Gainesville fanzine into a record label; and Dan Sinker’s Punk Planet published eighty issues between 1994 and 2007.

Eleven stapled magazines and mail order publications, United States, 1996 to 2000, approximately 20 to 40 pages each. The group includes:
[1] Holy Bible of Punk Rock, Maximumrocknroll no. 155, April 1996;
[2] Revelation Mailorder Zine, Summer 1996;
[3] HeartattaCk no. 13, November 1996, including its detailed reader poll;
[4] No Idea no. 12, with coverage of Hot Water Music, Floor, Less Than Jake, Against All Authority, Braid, and other Gainesville and national acts;
[5] SMASH! 1997 Mail Order Catalog;
[6] Extent no. 7;
[7] Victory Megazine, vol. 1, no. 2, Winter 1997–1998;
[8] Peel Zine no. 5, March 1998;
[9] Punk Planet no. 37, May and June 2000, devoted to crime and justice;
[10] a black and white illustrated issue titled Radical Mouirer or similarly; and
[11] one additional punk periodical included in the group but not separately identified in the supplied images. No inserts are present.

The magazines preserve contemporary reviews and advertisements for records by Bad Brains, Warzone, Strife, Integrity, Sense Field, Texas Is the Reason, Chain of Strength, Hot Water Music, Less Than Jake, Braid, and dozens of smaller bands, alongside interviews, letters, polls, scene reports, ordering information, and contributions from readers. HeartattaCk asks about straight edge, vegetarianism, voting, censorship, affirmative action, favorite records, and editorial policy; No Idea joins interviews and reviews to Gainesville label and distribution activity; Maximumrocknroll prints international scene reports, correspondence, and extensive record coverage; and Punk Planet connects music writing with policing, prisons, youth criminalization, elections, and digital distribution. Individual issues of the major titles appear regularly on the collectors’ market, with No Idea, early HeartattaCk, and specialized Maximumrocknroll issues generally carrying the strongest demand; value here rests chiefly in the breadth of the group and its concentrated coverage of late 1990s punk and hardcore culture rather than in a single exceptionally scarce issue. Numerous bent corners and creases, worn covers and pages, edge rubbing, and toning from repeated use; bindings remain intact. Overall good condition. A compact record of the music being recorded, reviewed, distributed, and debated within American punk and hardcore communities from 1996 to 2000.

Item #23639

Price: $250.00