NIHILISTIC VICES Nr 1. 1979.

Punk

London: Nihilistic Vices, 1979

30 x 21cm, 22pp. Stapled. Offset. A single first number of this “not just a fanzine” with short pieces on Nuclear Power, drugs, the Tories coming to power in So, Maggie Snatcher’s in, and The Nihilistic Vices’ Guide to Street Credibility; The Great Rock ‘N’ Roll Bore cartoon; controversial singles in the shape of The Clash – Cost Of Living EP, The Damned – Love Song, XRay Spex – Inflammable Material, Chas & Dave – Gertcha, and ATV – The Force is Blind; 7″s – The Mekons, The Pack, Crisis, Bauhaus, Spizz Energi, UK Decay/Pneumania, Gloria Mundi, and The Wall; LPs – UK Subs, Punishment of Luxury, Joy Division, Gary Numan, Tubeway Army, and The Fall; poetry; interesting collage; live review of Slaughter & the Dogs; and a review of Patrick Fitzgerald’s, Poems. VG.