YOUNG, FAST AND SCIENTIFIC #2

Gillette, New Jersey, 1979. An early New Jersey "punk" and rock and roll zine, assembled by Todd Abramson who at one time was a partner in running Hoboken, New Jersey's infamous music club Maxwell's. This publication captures the spirit of the up-and-coming East Coast punk scene with bands like Romantics, Flamin' Groovies, Fleshtones, The Zantees, and Roky Erickson. Most of these bands were the foundational freakbeat and garage rock crossover acts whose emergence coincided with the rise of the power chord punk sound. This issue features a story on Johnathan Richmond and the Modern Lovers and news about the recent breakdown of The Dictators. A typed letter (truncated) signed (TLS) by Abramson in 1979 to a potential distributor is laid in. Standard A4 format (8 1/2" x 11"), 30 p. with numerous black-and-white illustrations. Photomechanically reproduced and bound with two staples in the original pictorial paper wrappers, which are a bit toned, more so along the extremities; else very good. (Inventory #: 76989)