Punk Planet
 Cover of issue No. 67. | |
| Categories | Music magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | bimonthly |
| Year founded | 1994 |
| Final issue Number | 2007 80 |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Chicago, Illinois |
| Language | English |
| Website | www |
| OCLC number | 35200841 |
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Punk Planet was a punk zine that was based in the state of Illinois.
History[edit]
The first issue of the zine was published in May 1994 by Daniel Sinker, a nineteen year old undergraduate at the School of the Art Institute, who was studying video art.[1] Initially a response to the perception that the zine Maximumrocknroll was becoming too elitist, Punk Planet was focused primarily on the underground punk subculture, rather than the genre of punk music.[2][3] In addition to covering music, Punk Planet also covered visual arts, as well as a wide variety of progressive issues, such as media criticism, feminism, and labor issues.[2] Punk Planet was recognized for interviews, and album reviews. The interviews generally ran two or three pages long, and focused on the motivations of the artist, organizer, or activist. The review sections were typically longer than thirty pages, and covered a variety of musical styles. Although much of the music that was reviewed was aggressive rock and punk, the reviews also covered country, folk, hip-hop, indie rock, and other genres. The Punk Planet reviews section also encompassed independently released comics, zines, and DVDs. On the marketing of the zine, Sinker explains that the business model was to "set our ad rates as low as possible," and that any money that came in was used to pay the writers.[2] Columnists for the zine, throughout the years, included the frontman of the hardcore rock band Born Against, Sam McPheeters, the frontman of the emo band Milemarker, Al Burian, and the rock and feminist writer, Jessica Hopper.[4]
By 2001, distribution for Punk Planet had grown to ten-thousand copies per issue.[5] The zine was awarded two Utne Reader Alternative Press Awards, by 2004.[1] In September 2006, Punk Planet had printed seventy-five issues of their bi-monthly publication, and in the fall of 2004, launched a book publishing arm, Punk Planet Books, in conjunction with the New York-based small press, Akashic Books, which is run by the Boys Against Girls bassist, Johnny Temple.[5] Punk Planet Books has published four titles, as of May 2006.[6] At its peak, Punk Planet was circulating sixteen-thousand copies per issue. Poor distribution deals, the collapse of the Independent Press Association, and a reduction in readership resulted in mounting debts for the editors.[2][4] Readers from Chicago, Milwaukee, and Madison, Wisconsin, held benefit concerts to raise money, in addition to the purchasing of t-shirts and back issues, as requested by Punk Planet editors to aid in continuing publication.[7] However, issue No. 80 was shipped with a cover, which reads "This is the final issue of Punk Planet, after this the fight is yours." Its subsidiary business, Punk Planet books, remains in business.
After Punk Planet[edit]
In September 2006, Punk Planet partnered with the website ZineWiki, a wiki that archives zines. Together, they publish exclusive online articles from past print issues of Punk Planet.[8] On 18 June 2007, a post from www.punkplanet.com informed the public, that after thirteen years and eighty issues, Punk Planet's final issue was being sent out. As a result, founder and editor Daniel Sinker decided to place his focus on the online website, which has since gone offline.
Works[edit]
- Hairstyles of the Damned, by Joe Meno (August 2004, ISBN 1-888451-70-X Search this book on .)
- All the Power: Revolution Without Illusion by Mark Andersen (September 2004, ISBN 1-888451-72-6 Search this book on .)
- Lessons in Taxidermy by Bee Lavender (March 2005, ISBN 1-888451-79-3 Search this book on .)
- 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels by Jay Ryan (November 2005, ISBN 1-888451-93-9 Search this book on .)
Bibliography[edit]
- Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Felts 2004.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Dunn 2016.
- ↑ Ryan 2007.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Breihan 2007.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Elder 2001.
- ↑ Stanford Staff 2008.
- ↑ Kelsey 2007.
- ↑ Lastufka 2006.
- Sources
- Breihan, Tom (18 June 2007), "Goodbye to Punk Planet", The Village Voice, retrieved 4 June 2019
- Dunn, Kevin (5 May 2016), "Punk Planet", Global Punk: Resistance and Rebellion in Everyday Life, p. 227, retrieved 2 June 2019
- Elder, Robert K. (15 March 2001), "Punk Publishers take DIY ethic to Bookstores", The Chicago Tribune, retrieved 4 June 2019
- Felts, Susannah (3 June 2004), "Punk Planet's Expanding Orbit", Chicago Reader, retrieved 4 June 2019
- Kelsey, Eric (21 June 2007), "A Fond Farewell to Punk Planet", Utne, retrieved 4 June 2019
- Lastufka, Alan (3 October 2006), "A Week in the Life of an Independent Bookseller", Punk Planet, archived from the original on 21 November 2008
- Ryan, Kyle (6 June 2007), "Why Punk Planets demise matters", A.V. Club, retrieved 2 June 2019
- Stanford Staff (2008), "Daniel Sinker", Stanford University, retrieved 3 June 2019
External links[edit]
- Punk Planet official website
- Punk Planet Books official website
- ZineWiki, publishing exclusive Punk Planet articles online
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