Moloko Plus
| Moloko Plus fanzine
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| language | German |
| First edition | 1993 |
| Frequency of publication | irregular |
| Sold edition | 2,500 copies |
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| Editor-in-chief | Torsten Ritzki |
| editor | Torsten Ritzki |
| Web link | www.moloko-plus.de |
| Article archive | www.moloko-plus.de/molokographie |
| ZDB | 2478021-2 |
The Moloko Plus is a fanzine for punk rock , Oi! and other alternative music from Essen , Germany.
Surname
The name of the fanzine refers to the cocktail drink of the same name from the book A Clockwork Orange and its film adaptation . The drink consists mainly of milk to which various drugs have been added.
history
Moloko Plus was founded in 1993 by Torsten Ritzki, Ulrich "Uhl" Großmann (later Dim Records ) and Spiller ( Emscherkurve 77 ). The first issue appeared in April of the same year with an edition of 1100 copies. Ritzki later described the founding of Moloko Plus as a “plan to offer the skinhead movement , which was completely confused at the beginning of the 90s, an“ unpolitical ”or“ unjust ”fanzine”.
In issue 5, Ritzki announced the end of Moloko Plus (co-founders Großmann and Spiller were no longer there), but returned in February 1997 after a year and a half break with number 6. Since then, 43 more issues have been published, with a current print run of 2,500 copies. According to the publisher, the print edition of Moloko Plus will be finally discontinued with issue 50.
content
In addition to interviews with bands, label makers, concert promoters and the like. a. The booklets also contain travel and tour reports, audio recordings and reviews of fanzines and scene-specific books. Since issue 25, columns and short stories have had a permanent place in Moloko Plus. In addition, there are also texts in the booklet that have no reference to the subculture and therefore go beyond the classic definition of a fanzine.
"Bored by the same band interviews I tried to hide a story atypical for the scene in # 26: a biography of Bonny & Clyde - the gangster couple who feared the police (and some petrol station tenants) for a long time in the 1920s. The feedback was amazingly good and so the extra-musical topic grew over the following editions. "
The first attempts to include topics alien to music culture in the magazine were made as early as issue 19 with the “Working Class Heroes” series, in which people from different professions reported on their everyday work.
The musical range of the magazine has changed over the course of time from originally Punk / Oi! expanded to include other genres such as soul , ska , mod / power pop , punk'n'roll , psychobilly , rockabilly , folk-punk and glam rock . Punk and Oi! but are still in the foreground of the reporting.
editorial staff
In 2011 about 30 editors from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France and Australia were involved in Moloko Plus. Some of the note-takers are or were otherwise active in the music scene, be it as concert organizers, as musicians or as editors at other fanzines.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b blog entry on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of the Moloko Plus . Retrieved July 28, 2015.
- ↑ Torsten Ritzki: Foreword In: Moloko Plus No. 1, 1993, p. 2.
- ↑ Interview with Torsten (Moloko Plus Fanzine) In: Lockenkopf No. 5, p. 7.
- ↑ a b Fanzines in portrait, part 5: Moloko Plus In: Ox No. 94, February / March 2011, p. 102. Review part online (pdf): Ox # 94, p. 76-107 . Retrieved July 28, 2015.