The new issue of A Short Fanzine About Rocking is scheduled to go off to the printers over the Easter weekend (i.e. next weekend), so if you want to advertise in there, this is your last chance to get in touch!

Interviews with all these bands feature in the new issue: The Ghost Inside, Rotting Out, Madball, Shai Hulud, The Rival Mob, Hammers, Homewrecker, Birds In Row, New Morality, Bleak Reality and The Cut-Ups. Plus a plethora of gig/record/zine reviews and columns.

It’s shaping up to be a great issue, and advertising in there is super-cheap! It’s just £20 for a full page advert (A5, black and white) and £10 for a half page.

The deadline for copy is Friday 29th March, so if you want to get involved, drop me an e-mail now via ashortfanzineaboutrocking@yahoo.co.uk

Nick

The spring 2013 issue of A Short Fanzine About Rocking will hopefully be all done and dusted by the first week in April. I know I’d planned to get it out mid-March, but real life has got in the way (again).

Hopefully it’ll be worth the wait. The new issue will definitely feature interviews with The Ghost Inside, Shai Hulud, Madball, Birds In Row, Hammers, Bleak Reality and New Morality. I’m also hoping to get a chat with The Rival Mob in there and there’s one other I’m working on but don’t want to mention just yet.

It’ll also feature a whole host of columns, as well as plenty of gig/record/zine reviews.

ADVERTISING - I can still squeeze in a few more adverts, so if you’re interested in advertising in the new issue, get in touch! It only costs £20 for a full page (A5, black and white) and £10 for a half page and your ad will be seen by loads of people. Honest.

STOCKISTS - If you’re interested in stocking the new issue when it’s out, get in touch about the bulk rates I offer for wholesale (i.e. 4 copies or more).

Any questions, or to get involved in any way, e-mail ashortfanzineaboutrocking@yahoo.co.uk

Nick

I’m aiming to get the new issue of A Short Fanzine About Rocking out by the end of March, but I need some things to make that happen…

ADVERTISERS

It’s dead cheap to advertise in the zine, and your advert will be seen by loads of people who spend way too much money on music/merch/stuff. Our advert rates are £20 for a full page and £10 for a half page, and the deadline for advert copy is March 15th. If you want to get involved, drop me an e-mail via ashortfanzineaboutrocking@yahoo.co.uk.

REVIEWERS

I still have a pile of CDs I need to get reviewed in the next issue. They’re mainly punk and metal, but there’s a bit of other random stuff as well. If you’ve got some prior experience of writing reviews, or can at least string a sentence together, and want to get involved, drop me a line via the e-mail address above.

COLUMNISTS

Much the same thing as above goes for columnists. If you fancy ranting about something music-related, hit me up via the contact above.

Look out for further details on exactly what the next issue will feature in the next couple of weeks. It’ll be good, I promise.

I’m aiming to get the brand new issue of A Short Fanzine About Rocking out  by late February/early March, so here’s a quick update on what’s going on with it…

We’ve got interviews with Birds In Row, Bleak Reality, The Cut Ups and Madball (the last one’s a bit short) in the bag. I’m also in the process of sorting interviews with New Morality and Homewrecker, plus a couple of bigger names who I don’t want to mention yet unless I jinx them!

I really need two things:

ADVERTISERS - it only costs £20 for a full page advert or £10 for a half page, and the zine almost always sells out of its 250+ copies print run. If you run a label/shop/distro, have got a release you want promote or generally just want to advertise to people who spend lots of money on music, then get in touch.

CONTRIBUTORS - I’ve always got some CDs that need reviewing, but more importantly I’d like to have lots of columns in the new issue. If you want to write up to 500 words on something music-related, drop me a line.

DEADLINES - the deadline for any CDs/records/zines to be submitted for review in the new issue is February 15th. The deadline for advert copy (always flexible) is currently February 22nd.

LAST ISSUE - I’ve sold out of copies of the winter 2012 issue, but some stockists still have copies available, including V-Revolution in Manchester, All Ages Records in Manchester, Ghost Town Records in Cardiff, Punker Bunker in Brighton and Piccadilly Records in Manchester. Check out ashortfanzineaboutrocking.tumblr.com/stockists for a full list.

Any questions, drop me an e-mail via ashortfanzineaboutrocking@yahoo.co.uk

I’ve now sold out of copies of the winter 2012 issue of A Short Fanzine About Rocking - massive thanks to everyone who’s picked up a copy!

If you haven’t brought one yet, check out http://ashortfanzineaboutrocking.tumblr.com/stockists for a full list of other places that should still have copies of the latest issue in stock. These include awesome shops like V-Revolution in Manchester, Punker Bunker in Brighton, All Ages in London and Ghost Town in Cardiff, among others.

Look out for details on the next ASFAR, issue 35, in the next few weeks. If you want to get involved, drop me an e-mail.

Just in case anyone’s interested, here’s my top 20 records of 2012

1.       Basement - ‘Colourmeinkindness’ (Run For Cover)

2.       Last Witness - ‘Mourning After’ (Holy Roar)

3.       The Ghost Inside - ‘Get What You Give’ (Epitaph)

4.       Your Demise - ‘The Golden Age’ (Visible Noise)

5.       Landscapes - ‘Life Gone Wrong’ (City Of Gold)

6.       Title Fight - ‘Floral Green’ (SideOneDummy)

7.       Knuckledust - ‘Bluffs, Lies and Alibis’ (GSR)

8.       Attack! Vipers! - ‘Deadweight Revival’ (Specialist Subject)

9.       Brutality Will Prevail - ‘Scatter The Ashes’ (Purgatory)

10.   Departures - ‘Teenage Haze’ (Fist In The Air/IATDE)

11.   Brotherhood Of The Lake – ‘Desperation Is The English Way Vol 1.’ (TDON)

12.   Rise And Fall – ‘Faith’ (Deathwish)

13.   While She Sleeps – ‘This Is The Six’ (Search & Destroy)

14.   Gnarwolves – ‘Cru’ (Tangled Talk)

15.   Parkway Drive – ‘Atlas’ (Epitaph)

16.   Expire – ‘Pendulum Swings’ (Epitaph)

17.   Vales – ‘Clarity’ (Tangled Talk)

18.   Breaking Point – ‘Life Sentence’ (Purgatory)

19.   Vision Of Disorder – ‘The Cursed Remain Cursed’ (Candlelight)

20.   Broken Teeth – ‘Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked’ (Purgatory)

The Down To Nothing gig at London Camden Underworld this Friday (14th) and the Birds In Row gig at London Old Blue Last on Sunday (16th) will be your last chances this year to get a copy of the latest ASFAR off me direct (i.e. without paying postage) so drop me a line if you want to get hold of one!

Otherwise you can order the zine anytime via http://ashortfanzineaboutrocking.bigcartel.com or check out the stockists page on this tumblr for a list of other places selling the zine.

If you want to get a copy of the new A Short Fanzine About Rocking, hurry, cause they’re selling fast!

The zine includes interviews with: BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL, BASEMENT, CODE ORANGE KIDS, BREAKING POINT, EXPIRE, VISION OF DISORDER, BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE and WHIPS/CHAINS.

Plus columns and shedloads of record, gig and zine reviews.

A bumper 80 pages for just £2, available from http://ashortfanzineaboutrocking.bigcartel.com

I’ll have copies of the zine with me to sell at these gigs over the next couple of weeks. If you’re going to any and want a copy drop me a line:

• Down To Nothing @ London Camden Underworld on Friday December 14th;
• Birds In Row @ London Old Blue Last on Sunday December 16th;
• Punktastic Christmas Party gig @ London Dalston Birthdays on Tuesday December 18th.

The zine is also available from All Ages Records in Camden, Ghost Town Records in Cardiff, Punker Bunker in Brighton, V-Revolution in Manchester and Piccadilly Records in Manchester. There are also various online distros either have it in stock now or will do in the next few days - go to http://ashortfanzineaboutrocking.tumblr.com/stockists

I’m fast running out of copies of the new A Short Fanzine About Rocking, so if you want to get one, do it soon!

The zine includes interviews with: BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL, BASEMENT, CODE ORANGE KIDS, BREAKING POINT, EXPIRE, VISION OF DISORDER, BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE and WHIPS/CHAINS.

Plus columns and shedloads of record, gig and zine reviews.

A bumper 80 pages for just £2, available from http://ashortfanzineaboutrocking.bigcartel.com

I’ll have copies of the zine with me to sell at these gigs over the next couple of weeks. If you’re going to any and want a copy drop me a line:

• Birds In Row @ Kingston Fighting Cocks on Friday December 7th;
• Down To Nothing @ London Camden Underworld on Friday December 14th;
• Birds In Row @ London Old Blue Last on Sunday December 16th;
• Punktastic Christmas Party gig @ London Dalston Birthdays on Tuesday December 18th.

The zine is also available from All Ages Records in Camden, Ghost Town Records in Cardiff, Punker Bunker in Brighton, V-Revolution in Manchester and Piccadilly Records in Manchester. There are also various online distros either have it in stock now or will do in the next few days - check out the stockists page for a full list.

If you haven’t bought it yet, head over to http://ashortfanzineaboutrocking.bigcartel.com and buy a copy of the new A Short Fanzine About Rocking now!

It includes interviews with BRUTALITY WILL PREVAIL, BASEMENT, CODE ORANGE KIDS, BREAKING POINT, EXPIRE, VISION OF DISORDER, BROTHERHOOD OF THE LAKE and WHIPS/CHAINS.

Plus columns and shedloads of record, gig and zine reviews.

A bumper 80 pages for just £2!

The zine is also available from All Ages Records in Camden, Ghost Town Records in Cardiff and Punker Bunker in Brighton. Copies will go on sale in V-Revolution and Piccadilly Records in Manchester tomorrow, and various online distros either have it in stock now or will do in the next few days - check out the stockists page for a full list.

If you have a distro/label/shop and fancy taking some copies to sell, get in touch about cheap wholesale rates.