Search and Destroy. New Cultural Research. Number 9. 1978
San Francisco: Search and Destroy, Publisher, 1978. Tabloid. Good. Item #012551
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. Ninth issue, featuring interviews with, and reports on the Dead Kennedys, Zero, Television, Pere Ubu, etc. Also present is an interview with filmmaker David Lynch, discussing 'Eraserhead' and other topics. Nico Ordway contributes with an article on black humor and non-conformism. Rear cover photo by Bruce Conner. 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. Minor browning, mostly along the extremities. Minor to moderate wrinkling/creasing along the extremities.
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