Punk & Post-Punk 9.2

Punk & Post-Punk 9.2 is out now via Ingenta Connect: https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/punk

Print copies for subscribers are due to follow shortly.

Contents

• Russ Bestley – Editorial 

• John R Davis – I want something new: Limp records and the birth of DC punk, 1976-1980

• Daniel Makagon – Booking your own life: The development of a DIY touring network in the USA 

• Matt Worley – ‘If I had more time it could be better, but the new wave’s about spontaneity, right?’: Finding meaning in Britain’s early punk fanzines (1976–77)

• Ieuan Franklin – Grey matter/literature/area: Bucketfull of Brains, fanzine form and cultural formation

• Orla Fitzpatrick – Vox magazine: Dublin street fashion and photography in an early 1980s magazine

• Rylan Kafara – ‘Who is really gonna benefit?’: The punk habitus in the downtown Edmonton field

• Susan O’Shea – Activate, collaborate, participate: The network revolutions of riot grrrl affiliated music worlds

 

Interview

• Rupert Loydell – This is not a burden, it’s a joy: An interview with Ben Ratliff

 

Obituaries

• David Wilkinson – ‘I Found That Essence Rare’: Andy Gill, 1 January 1956 – 1 February 2020

• Ian Trowell – Genesis P-Orridge, 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020

• Russ Bestley – ‘Waltzinblack’: Dave Greenfield, 29 March 1949 – 3 May 2020

 

Reviews

Book Reviews

Laura Way – Contemporary Punk Rock Communities: Scenes of Inclusion and Dedication book review

Russ Bestley – 331/3 The B-Sides book review

Mike Dines – Christian Punk: Identity and Performance book review

Jake Hawkes – Psychobilly: Subcultural Survival book review

Paul Hollins – Sex Pistols: The End is Near 25.12.77 book review

 

Album Review

Russ Bestley – Dreams To Fill The Vacuum: The Sound of Sheffield 1977-1988 album review

 

Conference Review

Kevin Quinn – Anyone can do it: Noise, punk and the ethics/politics of transgression: Punk Scholars Network 2019 Conference review