MAXIMUM ROCKNROLL #390 (November 2015)

Original, vintage print issue from November 2015. A preserved piece of DIY print history on large-format B4 newsprint from the iconic pre-2019 print era of Maximum Rocknroll.

Features inside:
Cover feature and interview with AS MERCENÁRIAS, DIY post-punk legends from Brazil whose 1983 demo was reissued on Nada Nada Discos. Greg Benedetto, organizer of the Not Dead Yet fest, shedding light on the motivations behind punk promotion, and the ethical challenges of a growing DIY festival in Toronto. A brief oral history of Chattanooga’s Do Ya Hear We festival.Famously prolific MPC-augmented Ohio punks OBNOX. Revolutionary Oakland noise voyagers SBSM. Dark and entrancing Edmonton punk unit STRANGLED.

Severe and austere Chicago post-punkers POPULATION. Raw noisy hardcore assault by Portland’s EMASCULATOR.The first-ever interview with PARASITES in their nearly 30-year underground history.

Includes photo spreads from the opening weekend of DIY Space for London and Springfield, IL’s Dumb Fest 3D. Packed with regular columns and the most extensive printed punk record, book, zine, and demo review sections of its time.

Format: Original Print Fanzine (Large B4 / US Tabloid size, newsprint)
Language: English
Condition: Archival copy