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Ugly Things

Ugly Things was a 1983 zine established by Mike Stax. It became a highly influential publication focused exclusively on...

Music Culture Garage Rock 1983

8.9 Great

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Giant Robot

Giant Robot was a Los Angeles-based zine established in 1994 by Eric Nakamura and Martin Wong. It documented significant...

Music Culture 1994 Art

8.8 Great

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Bomp!

Bomp! was a zine dedicated to American rock music, primarily focusing on the vibrant sounds of the 1970s. Founded by Gre...

Music Rock Culture 1970

8.8 Great

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The New Musical Express

The New Musical Express, usually known as NME, is a British music publication founded in 1952. It began as a weekly musi...

Music UK Culture Alternative

8.8 Great

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Option

Option was a Los Angeles-based zine focusing on alternative music, California culture, and related scenes from 1985 thro...

Music California Culture Alternative

8.7 Great

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Ego Trip

Ego Trip was a New York City zine dedicated to hip-hop culture from 1994 onward. The publication offered sharp music cri...

Music New York Culture Hip Hop

8.5 Great

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Murder Dog

Murder Dog was a Bay Area zine dedicated to documenting 1990s West Coast hip-hop culture. It provided a crucial platform...

Music Culture Hip Hop Underground

8.3 Great

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Slap

Slap was an American skateboarding magazine associated with San Francisco's skate culture. Launched in 1992, it focused...

Music Culture Skateboarding San Francisco

8.3 Great

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Roctober

Roctober was a Chicago-based zine dedicated to exploring underappreciated music history. Founded by Jake Austen, it meti...

Music Chicago Culture Alternative

8.2 Great

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Chunklet

Chunklet is an American independent magazine and media brand founded by Henry Owings in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1993. Initi...

Music Humor Alternative 1993

8.0 Great

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Your Flesh

Your Flesh was a music fanzine based in Minneapolis, founded by Peter Davis in 1984, that covered punk, garage, alternat...

Music Culture 1984 Alternative

7.7 Good

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High Times

High Times is an American magazine founded in 1974 by Tom Forcade. It covers cannabis culture, marijuana policy, drug-la...

Culture Humor Cannabis Counterculture

7.7 Good

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URB

URB was an American music and culture magazine founded in 1990 by Raymond Roker. It covered rave culture, electronic dan...

Music Electronic Culture Hip Hop

7.7 Good

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Gobbledygook

Alternative small-press publication using the term for meaningless bureaucratic language as its title, produced within a...

DIY Personal Culture Humor

7.6 Good

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Stress

*Stress* was an underground hip-hop magazine founded in New York City during the mid-1990s. It documented the contempora...

Music New York Culture Hip Hop

7.6 Good

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SLUG Magazine

SLUG Magazine is an independent monthly publication covering music, art, action sports, and alternative culture in Salt...

Music Culture 1989 Ongoing

7.5 Good

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Chickfactor

Chickfactor is an independent music and culture fanzine founded in 1992 by Gail O'Hara. It is known for interviews and c...

Music New York Culture INDIE Pop

6.9 Fair

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Murder Can Be Fun

Murder Can Be Fun was an American zine created and published by John Marr. Beginning in 1986, it examined unusual histor...

Culture Humor True Crime 1986 2001

6.6 Fair

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Juke Box

Music-focused publication named after the coin-operated record player, covering popular music history, artists, and reco...

Music DIY Personal Culture

6.5 Fair

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Punk Lives

Punk Lives was a British music magazine launched in 1988, notable for focusing on classic 1970s punk rock and street pun...

Music UK Culture Punk

6.4 Fair