Name/TitlePunk Planet #27
About this objectPaperback music publication: Punk Planet, Issue 27, September/October 1998, priced $2. The headline article is 'Kathleen Hanna: life after Bikini Kill'. At the top of the page, the following features are listed: 'The PeeChees ~ Inside Iraq ~ Assück ~ Skinhead Murders ~ Discount ~ Teaching Punk ~ Behead the Prophet ~ High School Killings'. Contents as follows:
Mail
Columns
Interviews:
- Steve Albini
- Polyvinyl Records
- Smart Went Crazy
- Servotron
- Red Monkey
- Compound Red
- Avail
20 Questions
Articles:
- Fall From Grace
- Virus Protection
- In Love With A Food Hole
- Tie Bomb: The Death of a Graffiti Artist
Fiction
DIY
Reviews:
- Records
- Films
- Zines
- Books
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 275 x W: 215 mm
Date Made1998
Period1990s
Place MadeUSA, Chicago
Place NotesPunk Planet, PO Box 464, Chicago, IL 60690
Number in Series27
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://archive.org/details/punkplanet:
Punk Planet was a 16,000 print run punk zine, based in Chicago, Illinois, that focused most of its energy on looking at punk subculture rather than punk as simply another genre of music to which teenagers listen. In addition to covering music, Punk Planet also covered visual arts and a wide variety of progressive issues — including media criticism, feminism, and labor issues. The most notable features in Punk Planet were the interviews and album reviews. The interviews generally ran two or three pages, and tended to focus on the motivations of the artist (or organizer, activist, or whoever) being interviewed. Punk Planet aimed to be more inclusive than the well-known zine Maximum Rock and Roll, and tried to review nearly all the records it received, so long as the record label wasn't owned or partially owned by a major label. This led to a review section typically longer than thirty pages, covering a variety of musical styles. Although much of the music thus reviewed was, expectedly, aggressive rock, the reviews also covered country, folk, hip-hop, indie rock, and other genres. The Punk Planet reviews section also encompassed independently released comics, zines, and DVDs. A number of poor distribution deals and the collapse of the Independent Press Association resulted in mounting debts for the editors. As a result, issue 80 was shipped with a cover reading: "This is the final issue of Punk Planet, after this the fight is yours." Subsidiary business Punk Planet books remains in business.
Subject and Association Keywordsmusic, musicians, musical performers
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePublication
ISBN/ISSN0 74470 93297 0
Object numberGWL-2023-107-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved