''Chainsaw'', a

punk zine A punk zine (or punkzine) is a zine related to the punk subculture and hardcore punk music genre. Often primitively or casually produced, they feature punk literature, such as social commentary, punk poetry, news, gossip, music reviews and art ...

edited by "Charlie Chainsaw" was published in

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in 1977 and ran to fourteen issues before ceasing publication in 1984. A hand-lettered 'n' became a stylised trademark in articles after the 'n' key broke on the editor's typewriter. In addition to a free

flexi disc The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet, Sonosheet or Soundsheet, a trademark) is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. ...

promoting two or three up-and-coming punk bands, 1980s issues featured cartoon strips and two innovative colour covers by

Michael J. Weller Michael John Weller (South London, 1946) is a British underground comics artist, political writer, cartoonist, activist and album-cover designer. Weller designed the sleeve for the United States release of David Bowie's '' The Man Who Sold th ...

. 1970s issues featured the cartoon strip 'Hitler's Kids', authored by

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using punk nom-de-plume "Willie D" at the beginning of his successful journalistic career. Charlie Chainsaw formed the band

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when the punk zine discontinued.

References

* ''Scissors and Glue'', Teal Triggs, (The Design History Society/Oxford University Press, 2006

* ''Fanzines'', Teal Triggs, (Thames & Hudson, 2010

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