Shindig! – Issue 155 2024

Shindig! – Issue 155 2024
English | 100 pages | PDF | 105.9 MB

Shindig! began in 1993 under the name Gravedigger to chronicles ’60s garage-punk and contemporary garage bands from the ’80s and early ’90s. The fanzine then embraced psychedelia, mod and associated sub-genres with a growing team of writers and a name change to Shindig!

Shindig! was distributed via record shops and found a niche before falling by the wayside in the late ’90s and becoming a reviews website. Shindig! re-emerged from the ashes phoenix-like under the wing of Volcano Publishing in the early naughties and has been a mainstay of the high street ever since, growing way beyond its garage roots..

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2026
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