Deviation Street

Deviation Street was a 1977 Newcastle Punk fanzine produced by Kevin Anderson, Jonn E and photographer Brian Gibson aka Bri-Nylon.

THE ORIGINS OF DEVIATION STREET GO WAY WAY BACK TO THE EVENING OF 6TH JUNE 1977.
…… AND A ROCK AGAINST RACISM GIG FEATURING THE ADVERTS, PENETRATION, LOCAL BAND HARRY HACK AND THE BIG G AND ONE OTHER BAND FROM MANCHESTER CALLED WARSAW, WHO WOULD LATER GO UNDER THE NAMED JOY DIVISION WHICH INSPIRED 3 BORED TEENAGERS TO START A FANZINE.

THE NAME OF THE ZINE WAS DEVIATION STREET A NOD TO A TRACK BY COUNTER CULTURE FIGURE MICK FARREN AND HIS BAND THE DEVIANTS. LIKE ALL GOOD ZINES DEVIATION STREET LASTED ONLY A FEW ISSUES. Deviation Street Website.

Great first cover featuring just a Durex condom vending machine. Though inside and later issues were pretty straightforward design-wise, its main plus point was the quality of content.

Interviews with Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Tubes, Mink De Ville, The Only Ones and Tom Robinson Band and reviews of bands seen like Iggy Pop, The Adverts, The Clash, The Stranglers and Penetration.

There’s a modern online version of Decviation Street here



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