Zerox Machine: DIY & Punk Fanzine talk with Matthew Worley

Wednesday, 7 May 2025 at 19:00 at The Holloway, Norwich

Matthew Worley is an avid punk zine collector and author of the excellent “Zerox Machine: Punk, Post-Punk and Fanzines in Britain, 1976–88”. Come and learn about the history and significance of punk fanzines in Britain and observe some of Matthew’s zine rarities first hand. Fanzines have become synonymous with punk and the DIY ethos integral to a culture that emerged through the 1970s. From Sniffin' Glue to Toxic Grafity, from Ripped & Torn to Vague, fanzines helped shape our conception of punk whilst also providing pre-internet networks of communication. Home-made and constructed in a flurry of scissors, staples, cut-up text and fervid prose, fanzines embodied both punk's aesthetic and the urge for autonomy. They offered a medium for cultural and political expression; they enabled alternative viewpoints and perspectives to those disseminated via the national media. In this talk, Matthew Worley will outline the origins of the punk fanzine and trace the evolution of a form that continu…