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Punk was a music magazine and fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn, and "resident punk" Legs McNeil in 1975. It was the first punk zine, and helped popularize the early New York CBGB scene, leading to the use of the term "punk rock" as a descriptor for contemporary music groups, which at the time was used strictly to refer to mid-1960s garage rock.[1]
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Punk magazine began in late 1975, Holmstrom, Dunn and McNeil drew visual inspiration for the fanzine from underground comic books, mixing Mad Magazine-style cartooning by Holmstrom, Bobby London and a young Peter Bagge with the more straightforward pop journalism of the kind found in Creem. The publication primarily focused on the New York underground music scene, which included the early New York punk scene centered around venues like CBGB, Zeppz, and Max's Kansas City. Punk released its first issue in January 1976, featuring Lou Reed on the cover.[2]
Punk magazine hosted writers such as Mary Harron, Steve Taylor, Lester Bangs, Pam Brown, some of which were writing for a publication for the very first time. Alongside, artists like Buz Vaultz, Anya Phillips, Screaming Mad George, and photographers Bob Gruen, Barak Berkowitz, Roberta Bayley and David Godlis.[3]
After Dunn left in early 1977 and McNeil quit shortly afterwards, Bruce Carleton (art director, 1977–1979), Ken Weiner (contributor, 1977–79), and Elin Wilder, one of few African Americans involved in the early CBGB/punk rock scene, were added to the staff. It also provided an outlet for female writers, artists and photographers who had been shut out of a male-dominated underground publishing scene. Between April 1976 and June 1979, Chris Stein of Blondie was a contributing photographer. Consequently, the band were regularly featured and Debbie Harry would frequently appear as one of the characters in the photo-stories.[4] Holmstrom later called the magazine "the print version of the Ramones".[5]
Punk published 15 issues between 1976 and 1979, as well as a special issue in 1981 (The D.O.A. Filmbook), a 25th anniversary special in 2001 and 3 final issues in 2007.[6][7]
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A complete list of issues[8]
There were no issues 9, 13 or 18
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