San Francisco: Search and Destroy, Publisher, 1978. Wraps. Good. Item #007619
ISBN: noisbn

Newspaper/tabloid format. 17 1/2 by 11 1/2 inches. With a center horizontal fold crease. 28 pp. Black and white photos and clip art throughout. Issue seven, featuring interviews with, and reports on Cabaret Voltaire, Patti Smith, Subway Sect and an article by Nico Ordway, 'Politics of Punk: red brigades and the R.A.F.' Search and Destroy was founded and published by V. Vale in 1977 while working at City Lights Bookstore. Vale received initial donations from Allen Ginsberg and Lawrence Ferlinghetti to finance this zine that he hoped would be 'a clone of Andy Warhol's Interview' (see interview with V. Vale on Examiner website, July 2009). Mixing interviews, articles and photos, Search and Destroy presented well-written pieces documenting punk and new wave music and their accompanying aesthetic. Jello Biafra called Search and Destroy 'The greatest underground zine I've ever seen in my life.' (Berniere and Primois pp. 218-219). Search and Destroy evolved into RE/Search in 1980. GOOD+ condition. Paper browned, with minor soiling. Minor creasing and a few tiny tears and chips along the extremities.

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