Punk Rock Colleague & Historian and Professional Consultant
Hudley Flipside
Book Review
Cut and Paste The American Hardcore
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“Putting that ‘zine out into the world plugged us into the underground network of Hardcore: a happening that saved me as a teenager. The thrill of exchanging creations with other similarly-minded kids from around the world was something that the average kid in high school could never comprehend.”
~ Tony Rettman
Cut and Paste The American Hardcore Fanzine
Tony Rettman
Patrick Kitzel
First Edition 2024
2000 copies
Printed by Signature Book Printing, Maryland USA
Unterwelt Books is a division of Tribal Publishing
unterweltbooks.com/tribalpublishing.net
This punk hardcore-hardcover book stands for one of the first examples of handheld devices, besides cats. A history of American punk rock fanzines.
As I say there were a lot of players in the punk scene and some I knew well. Others I knew only in passing or by way of Flipside Fanzine’s uptown Whittier POBox.
It was an interval of time when a counterculture of punks communicated. The symbiotic relationship of bands, fans, record labels and beyond.
Some fanzines lasted a weekend, others a month or two and others endured the punk scene for years.
I am glad Los Angeles Flipside Fanzine and myself are included in this hardcover book smelling of vinyl records, ink, and a dark room waiting to develop some images taken at a show the night before. Those nasty addictions of mine come into play.
This book is an experience. I was placed back in that office in Whittier Los Angeles surrounded by punk hubs that circulated around me from town-to-town, state-to-state and country-to-country. A punk scene of memories and believing in something greater than yourself.
Sharing a scene, documenting a picture or contribution of a point of view in a letter. The best included are the lyrics to a song.
Punk Friendships… I cried like a baby for a fleeting time and just want to say thanks.
Living at that time we were a scene veiled away, hidden from the mainstream of our existing modern cultures, so we made our own living scene. Our own culture.
No checks, credit cards only cash came to us by trusting punker souls. I only messed up on subscriptions once in a while most likely due to a terrible hang-over.
“Send well-concealed cash.”
~ Patrick Kitzel
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