Marianne Joan Elliott-Said, 1957-2011

R.I.P. Poly

Toxic Graffitti #3 (inc,. N.R.R.), 1979

Did you know that it's technically illeagle to have sugar, (in the larder?), and weed killer (in the greenhouse/), watch out for the Great Fanny Craddock/Percy Thrower conspiracy trial!!!

Ok, so I've done a bit of feeling about and I have it on good authority, Toxic Graffitti #3 was the first TG - Mike Diboll's earlier effort was titled No Real Reason - I often wondered about that '(inc. N.R.R.)'. N.R.R. ran to 2 editions - TG#3 includes details of Mike's encounter with the police and the seizure of N.R.R.#3. Elsewhere there are nice extended interviews with Crass and Poison Girls - top flight stuff. Also, encounters with The Wall and Pentax. Articles on: the Birmingham Punk Scene (The Prefects, Anti Social, Steel Pulse, Mosiah + more) by Nick Alatti; My (MVD's) Anarchy; Police Harassment; British Fascism (NF)/Institutional Racism, and the Diary of a Nobody (Pope bashing). There's a neat little fanzine round-up, and reviews of 7"s by The Visitors, The Ruts, The Clash, Hollywood Brats, 4 Alternatives EP (Joe Public, The Numbers, X-Certs, 48 Hours), Barry Andrews, Essential Logic, Penetration, and The Smirks. Excellently narky throughout.

A4 scanned at 400 dpi

ToxicGraffitti#3

TG#6Competition Update

Congratulations to Chris for bagging the prize by spotting Bucks Fizz, Dollar, Julio Iglesias and other non ee artistes. Well done!

Toxic Graffity #6, 1982

I OPPOSE

THEIR DREAD DREAM,

OF DEATH, DESTRUCTION,

THEIR FUNERAL PYRE,

THAT'D MAKE THE EARTH,

WRENT AN UNHEARD

DEATH-SCREAM,

I OPPOSE THIS,

LEST THE NEW WARM FLESH

OF NEW BORN AMBER

WOULD BURN, BLISTER,
BOIL

'

Toxic Graffity was definitely one of the more thought-provoking productions - I'll not say fanzine as that clearly misrepresents this publication - TG main man, Mike Diboll referred to an earlier issue as 'THE SHITZINE' - and latterly termed TG an 'anarcho-punk agit-art magazine'. Anyway, this 'special arty-farty benefit issue' is quite a radical departure from the earlier TG A4 format - the profits from it were to be channelled into production of lithoed TGs - sadly, those never materialised. Mike explains the rational and the tussle with Better Badges in the editorial of this issue - & for an extended lowdown see the fascinating TG post over on Kill Your Pet Puppy - be sure to check out the ensuing comments in which Mike and Joly (BB) go some way towards patching-up their rift.

'

I can't quite fathom the numbering sequence of TG - I have issues #3, #4, #5 (2 slightly different editions), & #6 - now, Mike says he produced 5 issues - do the variations on issue #5 count as 2 or were there issues preceding #3? There is mention in #3 of it being 'belated', so I'm guessing there were earlier issues. Any info gratefully received. At any rate, I'll be posting them all here - you lucky people.

'

Competition Time

As promised, since this is the first, albeit late, anniversary ee posting I'm giving away a copy of TG #6 - bear in mind that this was an entirely DIY edition and was limited to, I think, 200 copies - quite unlike the preceding issue which, in no small part due to the inclusion of a Crass flexi disc, sold something in the region of 10, 000 copies. To cop hold of it, check the ee collage masthead - I update it now and again - on this occasion I've added 5 artists/groups that clearly have no place on this blog - the first person to spot the greatest number of these erroneous acts gets the goods. Finding them all will be quite tricky and comments will be moderated until the winner is announced a week hence. Good luck.

A4 folded scanned at 400 dpi

Toxic Graffity #6

Sunday Mirra #5, 1978

Mirra: Right. Uh, can you read music?

Graham: No, none of us can, if any of us has an idea, then we go 'di-dum-der-dir-dum etc'....till we can all play it, then we add bits on to it.

Right, so now we know...that's how Wire wrought that magical sound...... anyway, there's a nice 4 page encounter with the band in this fine issue of Sunday Mirra. Elsewhere there's Dose, Moped Mania, The Killjoys, Toots & The Maytals, 999 + 'Another Mirra Exclusive' with un-aired excerpts from Stuart Henry's, Sex Pistols interview. 'The Hayes Wave' featuring Dose, Tubeway Army, Transistor, and The Zo. Reviews: ATV, Jools Holland, Buzzcocks, Dirty Dog, The Adverts, Gen X, and The Patti Smith Band.

'

Single/double sided (near tissue thin!) A4 scanned at 400 dpi

Sunday Mirra #5

Sideburns Update

DaveO over at Music&Stuff has pulled off a blinder in tracking down a copy of Sideburns #1 Stateside - S#1 is of course the originator the legend, 'this is a chord, this is another, this is a third...now form a band' - thanks to the lad for sharing the article.

'

By way of a late ee first birthday celebration the next post will feature another fabulous fanzine giveaway competition - yippee!

Grinding Halt #6, 1980

You can't really ask me questions and expect me to answer them, 'cos I'm so confused I can't even believe that we're alive, I think it's so weird

Shrink

Another exhilarating hit of Callous & Snide's, Grinding Halt. Live: The Distractions, Between Pictures, Clayson & The Argonauts, The Legendary Flobs, The Time, The Cockney Rekects/The Pack/Kidz Next Door, SLF, Coconut Dogs, El Seven, Zerox, Suspects & The Seize, Mighty Strypes/The Runners. Vinyl: LPs - Crisis, The Moonlight Tapes comp, Toyah, Cheap Dialogue, Sham 69, The Vapors, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Joy Division; 7"s - The Dead Kennedys, The Distractions, The Freeze, Comsat Angels, The News, Crass/Poison Girls, Flys, Flowers, El Seven, The Fall, Sector 27, Discharge, Snatch, The Barracudas, The Damned, SLF. + a reasonable rap on the knuckles for No Cure fanzine & Eddie's delightful encounter with Shrink.

'

A4 scanned at 400 dpi

Grinding Halt #6

Spitting Pretty Pikktures, 1983

Never mind the Bomb -

'

who's got the Biggest Cock?

'

Finishing of this little batch of Leezines with Spitting Pretty Pikktures - worth posting for the title alone. Lee notes here that this is his twelfth production within 4 years - and going on the work seen here, that's gotta be a goodly oeuvre. Like Anathema, SPP is stuffed with poetry, musings and collage, with contributions from Kim and Neil + a fantastically extensive interview with Poison Girls' Lance, Richard and Vi. Excellent stuff.

'

A4 folded scanned at 400 dpi

Spitting Pretty Pikktures

Anathema #2, 1982

Larry Grayson really loves you all,

'

yeah Larry really loves you...

More cogitations from Lee on topics often derisively dismissed as 'the usual issues' (generally by types who talk of the right wing this, and left wing that - blind proponents of what has become little more than an act of mass mesmerism - an illusion of choice pitting people one against the other, divided and ruled - whilst dark market forces, whom all ultimately serve, grin with greedy glee...), at any rate, those 'usual issues' are still relevant today and the more that air them the better.

'

Anathema #2 features an interview with Andy T, poetry, collage, fanzine round-up, The Mob lyrics + pieces on factory fodder, wonky civilisation, old age, gender conditioning, personal revolution, the Falklands war, machismo, insincere celebrity + contributions from Mandi, Paul A, Gerrard (Anabolic Steroids). Very feint in parts - 2 pages inverted in original corrected for ease of reading.

'

A4 scanned at 400 dpi

Anathema #2

Anathema #1, 1982

THIS FANZINE BELONGS TO

'

-------------------------------

ANOTHER POSSESSION

FOR MY COLLECTION

'

Solid stuff here from Lee (Stockton-on-Tees) - I think there were just 2 editions produced, both in 1982 [corrections always welcome]. Anathema was Lee's second effort, having earlier delivered Kiss the Earth, and latterly, Spitting Pretty Pikktures. Anathema is a series of astute rants, essays and poetry grappling with politics, feminism, consumerism, socialisation, torture, animal liberation, consumerism, religion, machismo, mental health, and the occult. Great contributions from Amanda M, Andy T, and Vanessa L. #1 includes an excellent 8 page interview with Crass and part 2 of a Poison Girls interview. Unfortunately this copy is missing pages 32-40 - if anybody can provide those it'd be greatly appreciated.

'

A4 scanned at 400 dpi

Anathema #1

FACK #6, 1981

DON'T TAKE THEIR SHIT

WRITE YOUR OWN

TAKE RESPONSIBILITY

Another beaut' from D&J. Rammed with: articles/interviews/lyrics - Zoundz, Eratics, A.P.F. Brigade, The Sinyx, The Snails, Panik, Flux of Pink Indians, Part 1; poetry - Claire (from Nottingham), Annie Anxiety, Les (V-Sign), Nick Webb; comment - Women Talking, Squatting, Work, Vivisection; records - The Mob, The Intestines, The Straps, Theatre of Hate, The Rondos, UK Decay, Crass; tapes - The Icons, Apathy Compilation, The Subhumans, Stuff 1 & 2; and live reviews of Dead Clergy/Before Christ, Crass/Poison Girls/Annie Anxiety.

A4 scanned at 400 dpi

FACK #6

Don Van Vliet 1941 - 2010

R.I.P. Don

FACK #5, 1980

F @ C K T H E S Y S T E M

Freedom Anarchy Change oK: at least I think that's the origin of the title. At any rate, it's a great fanzine. FACK #5 was David and Juley's first foray into self publication, produced as it was on their recently acquired duplicator - a 'bit scrappy and badly organised' is how they describe their effort - presumably on account of it being a mix of single/double sided printing on a variety of papers. If only they'd known, such quirks add oodles of appeal: taking this fanzine apart and sifting through its pages of varying weights and finishes has been yet another opportunity to admire the determination and verve of the DIY wonderkids. Other titles baring the D&J imprint include Defiant Pose and Not So Brave & elsewhere, Mick Slaughter cites FACK as an inspiration for his Obituary. FACK #5 is charmingly packed with: features on Frenzy Battalion, The Puritans (Pre-War), The Mob, Nausea, Nihilist Corps, factional violence, protest as a positive force, anarchy; poetry from Annie Anxiety; live reviews of Erazerhead/Flux of Pink Indians/Rubella Ballet, Crass/Poison Girls/Annie Anxiety, FOPI/6 Minute War/Waxwork Dummies/Sinyx/The Diableptics, FOPI/Zoundz, UK Decay/Wasted Youth (kind of); record reviews of PGs, 6MW, Killing Joke, Discharge, Muddy Waters/Howlin' Wolf; more news on the above + the eratics, Rondos and The Subhumans.

'

A4 scanned at 400 dpi

FACK #5