''Peroxide'' was 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 arti ...
published and edited during the late 1970s by Andrew Thomas, Quentin Cook (a.k.a.
Norman Cook
Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 31 July 1963), also known by his stage name Fatboy Slim, is an English musician, DJ, and record producer who helped to popularise the big beat genre in the 1990s. In the 1980s, Cook was the bassist ...
) and
Ian McKay). Inspired by punk zines such as
Chainsaw
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, ''Peroxide'' lasted only two issues, with McKay being ousted by Cook after the first issue. Importantly however, the publication is noteworthy as it served to provide Cook with his first significant point of connection with the professional music business (his contact with Adam Ant being a notable example), and for both McKay and Thomas, their first experiences of publishing. Whilst Cook remained in the music business, McKay became a
writer
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on the visual arts and culture, while Thomas moved into the business sector; he is currently the publisher of ''Communicate magazine'' and owner of Cravenhill Publishing.
Copies of Peroxide have latterly proved highly collectable owing largely to the connection with Norman Cook.
References
Music magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom
Magazines with year of establishment missing
Magazines with year of disestablishment missing
Punk zines
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