'Crackerjack' is all about the British rockin' scene. Write to: P O Box 825, Maidstone, Kent ME15 7GQ - website
www.puttinonthe style.co.uk
'Mad House Jump'. Write to Olaf Haspel, Steigerfurtweg 25, 97084 Würzburg, Germany.
Clubs c/o Johnny Tomlinson, 514 Greenford Road, Greenford, Middx. UB6 8SH. This is a genuine 'fanzine' about UK clubs and its heart is truly in the right place.
A REALLY cool US magazine is
'The Grindstone'. In Germany, there's
'Rock & Roll Musik Magazin'. All in German.... Das deutsche Magazin über Musik der 50er und 60er Jahre! Pretty in-depth stuff here. How good is it really? Dunno. Mein Deutsch ist sehr mal....
You have just GOT to have a copy of 'Purely Rockin'!!! This magazine is hilarious! Just send a SAE or IRC to Zani, P. O. Box 2716, Bournemouth, BH9 3YW. This magazine really stuffs the squares and it's wonderful!! Check out their 'Square Prick of the month' award!!
For the girls, there's 'GIRLS ONLY'. Send £3.50 to J. Kelly, P O Box 11009, London SE10 9WZ, U.K.
'Tear it up!' will keep you up to date with the US scene. Great photos and interesting articles and reviews. Write to them at 20032 Wastenaw, Harper Woods, MI 48225, U.S.A.
'Rhythm and Roots Review' is another US publication. Send $3 American for a sample issue to 360A W. Merrick Road, Box 296, Valley Stream, NY 11580, USA. Maybe send 'em $5 if you're outside the US.... I've seen this mag, and it's pretty well written.
'Southern Rock' is all about the Rockin' scene in the South of England. It costs Ten Pounds to subscribe to the next 12 issues. Write to: PO Box 58, Waterlooville PO7 8YP, U.K. Tel: +44 (0)23 9225 1958
Pour les Françaises, nous avons 'Krueger News'. Ecrivez au 41 Rue Amiral Courbet, 35000 Rennes, France.
Andy Widder publishes 'Dynamite' magazine every month. This is a great German mag, really well presented and printed. Contact
Andy for more details.
Texas Jamboree is published monthly by Jason Shields out of Texas. There's plenty of good Rockabilly in this mag!
sheriff@texas.net, or write to: P.O. Box 161405, Austin, TEXAS 78716, U.S.A.
From Finland, there's a great 'newspaper' called 'Big Beat'. It's partly in Finnish, partly in English, and packed with news. Write to: PL 25, 33710 Tampere, Finland.
'Rock Around' is a monthly magazine of 16 pages covering mainly activities on the South coast of England. $6.00 buys you a year's subscription. Write to: Tony Brown, 154d Kingston Road, Portsmouth, Hants PO2 7PD, U.K.
Free newsletter in French, every three months! Contact
TEDS NEWS. How can you lose?
In Italy there's 'Jamboree'. It's mostly in Italian with some English. Write to Maurizio Maiotti, Viale Certosa, 299 - 20151 Milano, Italy.
Still in Italy, check out 'Hellzaboppin' c/o Davide Magnani, Via Sforza 23, 47033 Cattolica, RN, Italy.
Boppin' Around is the only real 50's rockin' lifestyle magazine in the Netherlands and Belgium at this moment. It has a lot info of today's rock'n'roll/ rockabilly scene but it also covers the original fifties artists. The main feature is the BIG rock'n'roll gig list Be there! Write to Frans van Dongen, Hooiweg 55, 4874 MH Etten-Leur, The Netherlands.
'O Monstro' is great! It's all about the Brazilian Psychobilly scene, and it's all in Portuguese. Basically they're giving it away, but we recommend that you send them a few bucks to cover their costs, OK? Write to: 'Psychobilly Corporation', Caixa Postal 20.030, Curitiba - PR. CEP 80.062-990, Brazil.
In Spain, there's
'ROCK THERAPY MAGAZINE' c/o El Toro Records,
Carlos Diaz, P. O. Box 122, Badalona, 08910 Barcelona (Tel/Fax +34 3 460 0324).
Johnny contacted us about 'ELVIS AIN'T DEAD', which covers 'various topics including punkabilly, cars, tattoos, etc.' Check 'em out at
http://members.xoom.com/elvisaintdead They've also got 'Rockabilly chat' and a guest book at this site...
From Germany, there's a new rag called 'Banzai!'. Contact
Dan or Frank. Beschreibt auf Deutsch..
From Finland, there's 'Ducktails', which appears ten times a year. All in Finnish, but if you want a copy, write to
Miku Majuri, Ukkostie 4 A 11, 00720 Helsinki, Finland. Tel. +358 9 351 4823.
'Maggie's Blue Suede News' is
really neat! Contact her by fax (in the UK) on 02476 545691 or
e-mail. Themagazine is now around 36 - 40 pages and costs
£1. The website is
www.bluesuedenews.freeserve.co.uk 'Welcome To The Nightmare' is a brilliant Psycho-zine from California. Check out the website at
www.come.to/thenightmare, or e-mail:
wttnmare@yahoo.com.
Shakin' Fever comes out of Belgium (in English) bi-monthly. It's all about the Psychobilly, Neo-Rockabilly, Surf, etc. To find out more, e-mail them at
sky83415@skynet.be, and tell 'em we sent ya!
'Rocket' is a GREAT new mag edited by Dave Razorback. Write to them at 114a Elm Lane, Sheffield, S5 7TW, U.K.
'The Velvet Collar' is a great fanzine for Teds. Write to:145 Colindale Avenue, Colindale, London NW9 9YP, UK. Great photos and stories!
Riverside Junior is a new German rag. Contact Carsten Bieler at
masterjb@t-online.de. Alles schreibt in Deutsch.
Lets play a game is a very good French fanzine from Strasbourg. Many Interviews and news about all pscho bands. Write to: Blandre Romain, 82 Rue Rabelais, 57200 Sarreguemines, FRANCE (Fax : (0033) 387 956 870)
Blue Suede News is dedicated to the various styles of American Roots music, from rockabilly and blues to honky tonk country, cajun and zydeco and more. We're interested in the pioneers who created these styles, and also those younger artists who are carrying on the traditions with a strong sense of the roots. We're a quarterly magazine with feature articles, photos, interviews, and a massive review section each issue. Our web pages have a sample article and reviews, plus info on back issues and advertising in our pages.
Blue Suede News.
The Rock'n'Roll Calendar is back. Belgium's #1 Rockabilly magazine will return on April 1st. And that's no joke. And this time, we're here to stay too. The funniest Roots magazine in Europe will feature such articles as there are 'what the hell happened to...?', 'what does Elvis mean to...?' and 'what's The All Time Favourite Top Ten Of...?', all questions asked to your favourite Roots artist. Contact
kowboykonrad@yahoo.com.
In Germany again, there's the
Rockin' Fifties magazine, an excellent German magazine for collectors of Fifties Rock'n'roll.
Check out the Official SHANK MAGAZINE Web-Site at
www.shank.de
Big Beat of the '50s in an Australian magazine (and a good one, too!). Contact Australian Rock'n'roll Appreciation Society, P O Box 21, World Trade Centre, Melbourne 3005, Australia -
www.tararas.cjb.net
Koolsville' comes out of Scotland and sure lives up to its name. E-mail them at
koolsville@gogs.co.uk
'Reveille Rock' is full colour and packed with interesting stuff from the UK. E-mail them at
reveillerock@eurobell.co.uk.
Happy Boots is a Russian Rocking fanzine. PO Box 63
St.Petersburg 198260 Russia
