Mark Perry gives birth to fanzine culture

July 1976: Number 9 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of indie musicSniffin' Glue wasn't the first fanzine – Punk (which famously coined the genre's moniker) started self-publishing in New York six months earlier – but its primitive Xerox'n'Sellotape aesthetic was the perfect medium to capture British punk's early energy, and to inspire a generation of copyists.Founded by bank clerk Mark Perry, aided by friends Danny Baker and Steve Micalef, its first cover boasted (in felt-t...

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