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The Shocking Tabloid Issues

Zines!

Search & Destroy Volume I
Issues 1-6

VOL I ALMOST OUT-OF-PRINT!

Search & Destroy Volume II
Issues 7-11

The Complete Reprints

Each volume is JUMBO SIZE (10 X 15"), approximately 150 pp, with over 150 articles and 400 photos and illustrations per volume
Vol.1: $30 (new copy) or $20 (slightly creased covers, but unread), Vol.2: $19.95
Volume 1: Wholesale N/A Vol.1
*Please note extra shipping charges for these large volumes

By the mid-'70s the punk aesthetic had spread out from England to America. The American punk scene soon developed an energy and talent of its own, which was documented in the homegrown, heavily illustrated magazine, Search & Destroy, edited by V. Vale between 1976 and 1979. This complete facsimile reprint of all 11 issues captures the rage, riots and revelations of an extraordinary period. Innovators such as Devo, Iggy Pop, Dead Kennedys and Ramones are featured alongside William Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, John Waters, Russ Meyer and David Lynch. This is the real thing, written when punk was first inventing itself.

In addition, we are offering the original tabloids, sold separately or in a complete set (1-11).

Ordering Information

Excerpts from #1-6:

Interviews with:

Table of Contents for Issues #1-6

Excerpts from #7-11:

Interviews with:

Table of Contents for Issues #7-11

Reviews:

" . . . Numerous books look back nostalgically at late-'70s punk. But a new two-volume collection of the pioneering zine Search & Destroy offers a genuine document of the era. . . . By discussing "ideas and culture" instead of "personal biography" with the Ramones, Buzzcocks, and others, Vale (and such contributors as Jon Savage) created fresh, thoughtful material. And discovered surprising tidbits: Who'd have pegged Nico as an Yma Sumac fan?"
Spin, May 1997

" . . . Instead of looking back at wild times, compartmentalizing them as "history," editor/publisher V.Vale presents unaltered interviews, with famous and unfamous punk figures, that remain surprisingly vital after almost 20 years."
San Francisco Bay Guardian, February 1997

" . . . . . . the hype surrounding Search & Destroy: The Complete Reprints is truly deserved. The original eleven issue run has reached near legendary status among those of us who still care about overlooked cultural icons like Frankie Fix or Jennifer Miro, and who are actually interested to learn that the Nuns' guitarist considered Jackson Pollack one of his prime influences."
Maximum Rock'n'Roll, February 1997