Touch and Go:The complete hardcore punk zine '79-83

Bazillion Points
2010



Back in the days before the Internet the fanzines were a great outlet for fans to spread their love for whatever their passion was. Back in 1979 Meatmen frontman Tesco Vee of the and Dave Stimson were huge punk rock fans and record junkies. So they decided to put together their own fanzine about punk rock. Touch and Go ran from Fall of 1979 until the spring of 1983. All of the issues have been copied and bound into this collection for your reading and browsing pleasure. Now this was indeed a very rough DIY type of zine with sometimes blurry pics, not always the greatest amount of order and frequently you have to search to see where one segment ends and another begins. Above all else these guys were honest and that shines through. They were honest about their views and said so straight out in their album reviews, live reviews and other articles. Today we are use to very orderly websites updated frequently with news. Before the Internet you had to wait a relatively long time to find out news about bands that you liked. If you liked more underground bands then you may have an even tougher time finding news and reviews. Tesco and Stimson give a fans view of a fairly exciting and busy period for punk rock. In reading interviews and reviews of and about the likes of Minor Threat, the Misfits, Discharge and many others in these pages you can feel the energy and excitement that the authors had towards these bands. Fans of this genre and the attitude and fire that accompanied this time in punk rock are going to find much to enjoy about this book. Highly recommended.