''Ox-Fanzine'' is a monthly

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 ...

from

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, Germany, founded in 1988. It is edited by Joachim Hiller and has had many contributors. Besides its focus on

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, it also covers similar genres, reviews of comics, books and films, and has included serial novels by authors such as Klaus N. Frick. By 2019, ''Ox'' had a circulation of 10,000 copies.

History

''Ox-Fanzine'' was founded in 1988 by Joachim Hiller and Biggi Häußler in

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(Southern Germany). Its first issue was published in January 1989. The zine was named after the cat of Häußler, which appeared on the first cover. After some time, ''Ox'' merged with the zine ''Faces the Facts'' and was joined by its editor Thomas Hähnel, but eventually Häußler and Hähnel left it to focus on other endeavours, leaving Hiller as the only editor. In the 1990s, Hiller relocated to Solingen in Western Germany. Since the first issue of ''Ox-Fanzine'' there has been a page of

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recipes and from there Hiller and his wife Uschi Herzer have published five cookbooks, the latest being entirely

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. In them, several artists have collaborated with their own recipes, including

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Mille Petrozza Miland "Mille" Petrozza (born 18 December 1967) is a German guitarist and singer of Italian descent. He is best known for being the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of thrash metal band Kreator, which he started playing in as Tyrant in 1982 and ...

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, and Reimer Bustorff of

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. By 2005, ''Ox'' had a circulation of 12,500 copies, surpassing other German and American zines such as ''

HeartattaCk Kent McClard is a record label owner and zine publisher from Goleta, California. Early life McClard grew up in a "broken home" and describes himself as a troublesome child. As a teenager, he discovered hardcore punk and both its freedom and speci ...

''. On 11 February 2009, ''Ox-Fanzine'' and the music association Cow Club from Soligen organised a show celebrating the 100th issue of the magazine with

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, Jingo De Lunch, EA80, among other bands. On 7 February 2014, the zine celebrated its 25th anniversary with a show featuring the Ruts DC,

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, Asta Kask, and Vitamin X. In January 2019, its circulation was around 10,000.

Recognitions

The '' Frankenpost'' has called ''Ox'' "the most important

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and

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magazine in the

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." The ''

Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung ''Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung'' (German: ''New Newspaper of Osnabrück''; also known as ''Neue OZ'') is a regional daily newspaper published in Osnabrück, Germany. History and profile ''Neue OZ'' was established in 1967 as a successor of '' Neue ...

'' described it as the "organ of the erman punkscene". In January 2019, the newspaper ''

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'' wrote an article about how ''Ox'' has maintained a steady audience despite the decline of music magazines.

Books

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References

External links

Official website
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