CITY FUN No. 16

Manchester: City Fun Magazine, 1980. First edition. Very good plus.. Early issue (January 18th, 1980) under the tenure of Naylor and Carroll of this hugely influential Manchester-centric post-punk zine. John Peel called CITY FUN the most important zine of the period. It is an indispensable reference for the Manchester scene and the bands and labels that grew around it: Joy Division and New Order, The Smiths and The Fall, Factory Records and the Hacienda nightclub, etc. Among the pseudonymous contributors to City Fun (but sadly apparently not this issue) was a just-barely-pre-Smiths Steven Patrick Morrissey, writing reviews under the name "Sheridan Whiteside." Founded by Andy Zero and Martin X in 1978, it increasingly moved its gaze away from the local music scene towards the larger cultural landscape after its takeover by "classic feminist children of punk" (Fletcher) Naylor and Carroll. Contributors include Andy Zero, Mick Middles, and Jeff Williams on Dislocation Dance, Distractions, John Cooper Clarke, The Fall, Abdominal Pain, and more. 12'' x 8.5''. Original pictorial self-wrappers. Offset in black-and-white throughout. [8] pages. Moderate edgewear and creasing. (Inventory #: 48300)