RETRO DUNDEE

Back in 1978 when Steve Grimmond and Craig Methven were still only in their mid teens, they started up this fanzine call S'PUNK (...

This kinky wee publication called "Sweet TV Times" was given out at gigs when The Junkies were entertaining the masses. Needl...

These 2 poems penned by Paul Weller, were published in Dundee fanzine, Cranked Up, in the early 80's. The reason they ended up there ...

Well here's a gig review that's a wee bit different from the norm. This was put together by Deadbeat contributor, Hilary. It seems ...

In Cranked Up #3, back in 1981, there was an entire page devoted to local talent titled "A Guide To Dundee Bands - For The Uninitiated...

It's good fun looking back at "first issues" to get a reminder of how they once looked before they became more establishe...

In 1982, Jock Ferguson cheekily sent a cassette of The Junkies to Buckingham Palace suggesting that the band would be available to perform f...

Don't know much about this Christmas Crackers publication, the issue here which cropped up in the early 80's, being the only exa...

Many of you who socialised around town in the 80's will recognise this colourful lass - it's Hilary. I remember her from pub...

Following on from yesterdays Scrotum Poles poster where I mentioned the work of Savage Pencil (Edwin Pouncey) - I managed to track down a...

Here's a dinky little interview with Dundee band, We All Fall Down. This was the name The Blush changed to when they decided to start al...

I already have the first & final issue of Cranked Up on Retro, so thought I'd show you the rest of the covers in between. There are ...

In the early 80's, when IRA bombs were commonplace on mainland Britain, there were often many false alarms and hoaxes that went along wi...

This is the first issue of Dundee fanzine, The Voice. It started up after the demise of Cranked Up. In fact, this was supposed to be...

From the pages of Deadbeat comes this review of a gig that took place at Teazers (Royal Hotel), in 1982. This venue (complete with candles o...

Early 80's fanzine, Deadbeat, covered the alternative Scottish music scene in the main, so the Dundee stuff was competing with Edinburg...

It wasn't only Dundee based fanzines that were on sale locally in the 70's & 80's, you could also get others from around S...

Another Dundee fanzine that cropped up in 1982 was called, The Voice. Covering similar topics as Cranked Up, it touched on the loca...

  You may have noticed the media like to look back over past events when the year ends, and so from the pages of a Cranked Up festive i...

Influenced by the punk DIY fanzine craze that began in '76, Bruces Record Shop started up their own in-house publication called CRIPES,...