DISTORT #62

This issue of Distort collects artwork from terminally offline artists, writers and self-publishers. I asked each contributor to find a flyer for a show they would’ve liked to attend, and to re-imagine the design in their own style.

Along with the slow fade of printed zines into obscurity has come the death of the flyer and the poster as physical objects. This aesthetic is an essential part of hardcore and punk music. This is a physical culture that is attempting to survive online… I celebrate the new era of self-publishing with this issue of Distort… a compilation of posters of historic revision.

If you like any of them, stick them on your wall. If you don’t, put them up in a public place to promote mass confusion.

With thanks to Greta, Ed, Shal, Buz, Walker, and Sam Ryser… and to everyone who contributed…

For copies, back issues, and some of the zines covered here, check out Prop Records in Ashfield. We’re open weekends only.

This issue was compiled for Surplus Merch Market.

COLD AS LIFE / HATEBREED

Designed by The Mogger of HARDCORE FIZEEK zine (Detroit, USA)

PUBLIC IMAGE LTD

Designed by Beth of FLOWERS OF ROMANCE zine (Berlin, Germany)

SUICIDE

Designed by Anon of  A WAY OF LIFE zine (Sydney, Australia)

CRISIS

Designed by <CENSORED> of RIOT PUNK zine (Melbourne, Australia) 

JOY DIVISION

Designed by Thom Wilson of MELON TWISTED zine (Manchester, UK)

CRO MAGS / BAD BRAINS / PMS

Designed by Hard Times Collective (NY, USA)

THROBBING GRISTLE / FLIPPER

Designed by Risky B (Sydney, Australia)

CRAZY SPIRIT / HANK WOOD / DAWN OF HUMANS

Designed by Anon (NY, USA)

GAUZE / GISM / A BOMB

Designed by Anon of Gauze Office zine (Kyoto, JP)