ZAP fanzine

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ZAP fanzine

description German hardcore punk fanzine
publishing company Self-distribution
Headquarters Homburg
First edition June 1988
attitude around 1998
Frequency of publication monthly / fortnightly
Sold edition 2,000-3,000 copies
Editor-in-chief Moses Arndt
editor Moses Arndt
ZDB 1141889-8

The Zap Fanzine (spelling: ZAP , temporary subtitle: Hardcore Magazin - Kampfblatt des Internationale Rotzlöffeltums, politically correct and anti-sexist ) was a German fanzine that focused on the hardcore punk scene. The publisher and editor-in-chief was Moses Arndt from Homburg . At the time of its existence between 1988 and 1998 it was regarded as the "most important German [e] fanzine for hardcore of that time".

history

The fanzine was first released in June 1988. As a rule, it appeared monthly with a fluctuating circulation of 2,000 to 3,000 copies. In the 1990s one tried for some time on a fortnightly publication method, which however did not prevail. From the very beginning, the focus was on the hardcore punk scene, with other topics from the underground also being dealt with. Arndt was also committed to the politically left hip-hop scene around its protagonists Public Enemy , Anarchist Academy , Advanced Chemistry and the Absolute Beginner . At the beginning, Arndt was primarily responsible for the content. Over the years, other authors wrote for the Zap, including Spermbirds singer Lee Hollis , Hilmar Bender , Klaus N. Frick , who was later to publish the En-Punkt, and Martin Büsser . The latter conducted around 100 interviews for the magazine, including with Henry Rollins , Courtney Love , Nirvana , Sonic Youth and the Butthole Surfers . He also opened the magazine to elusive artists like Heiner Goebbels and John Zorn .

From the beginning, the Zap was considered to be left-wing autonomous and saw itself as a militant punk and hardcore zine with an anti-fascist tendency. A special edition in May 1994 in the run-up to the Chaostage revival in August of the same year, which was written by Arndt and the later APPD candidate for Chancellor Karl Nagel , became particularly well known . At this point in time, a date for the Chaostage 2000 was already set, which was to take place parallel to Expo 2000 in Hanover. At times the zine was criticized for its pornographic images and sexist texts.

At the end of the 1990s, fanzine lost its importance. The attempt to issue a weekly edition failed. From then on, Moses Arndt primarily took care of his AK47 piercing studio and continued to publish the fanzine in a much smaller edition as the so-called "egozine" after the last regular issue around 1998, until he also discontinued it.

Compilations

Several compilations appeared in collaboration with various independent labels . Best known is the sampler Nazis out! from 1991, which was released via Weird System and gathered a variety of anti-fascist punk songs, including some unreleased and rare pieces. The sampler includes Die Toten Hosen , Slime and Die Goldenen Zitronen , among others . In the same year Laugh & Hate - ZAP Hardcore Fanzine on Vinyl Vol. 1 , also with Die Toten Hosen, the Saarland band Crowd of Isolated , also represented Beck's Pistols , Spermbirds and Yuppicide . The LP sampler was released through Rough Trade Records . A year later, the surf punk sampler Off Limits appeared again on Weird System, featuring the Ramones , Hard-Ons and The Dickies, among others .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mit Another eV / Work Center for Right-Wing Extremism (ed.): Sirenen des Hasses. NS Hardcore from Saxony-Anhalt . Magdeburg / Halle (Saale) 2010, p. 6 ( overn-ev.de ).
  2. ↑ Thomas Lau: The holy fools: Punk 1976-1986. Zugl. Diss. Fernuniv. Hagen; de Gruyter, Berlin New York 1992, ISBN 978-3-11-178392-5 , p. 191
  3. ↑ a b Interview with Moses Arndt by Lee Hollis. Published in 1988 in the video fanzine "Tribal Area # 3". Available online at Tribalarea.de
  4. ^ Sascha Verlan / Hannes Loh: 25 years of hip hop in Germany . Hannibal, Höfen 2006, p. 241 .
  5. ↑ Biography Martin Büsser. (PDF) icantrelaxin.de, accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Oliver Herbertz: Chaostage and Facebook parties: ›Organized Chaos‹ in times of Web 2.0 . In: Philipp Meinert, Martin Seeliger (eds.): Punk in Germany: Social and cultural-scientific perspectives . transcript Verlag, 1993, p. 114 .
  7. ↑ ZAP in the database of German-speaking anarchism (DadA)
  8. ^ Matthias Mader: This is Boston, not New York. A hardcore punk encyclopedia . IP Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-931624-19-6 , pp. 74 .
  9. ↑ Various - Nazis Out! Discogs , accessed December 20, 2016 .
  10. ↑ Various - Laugh & Hate - ZAP Hardcore Fanzine On Vinyl Vol. 1. Discogs , accessed on December 20, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Various - Off Limits. Discogs , accessed December 20, 2016 .