Slash Magazine [Volume 1, #9]. This item is unavailable.Slash Magazine [Volume 1, #9]

First Edition (First Printings). Original Wraps. From the Collection of Jenny Lens. Slash was a punk rock-related fanzine published by Steve Samiof and Melanie Nissen in the United States from 1977 to 1980. The magazine was a large-format tabloid focused on the Los Angeles punk scene and gave birth to Slash Records. Slash regularly covered such L.A. bands as the Screamers, the Skulls, Nervous Gender, and X. It did not restrict itself to local acts; its first cover featured Dave Vanian of the Damned. Featured articles and reviews on reggae, blues, and rockabilly, in doing so, introduced punk audiences to a wide range of then-unfamiliar musical genres. Writers Claude "Kickboy Face" Bessy, Craig Lee, Richard Meltzer, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Chris D., Allan MacDonell and Pleasant Gehman, and cartoonist Gary Panter were among the major contributors. Photo contributors included David Arnoff, Susan Carson, Kerry Colonna, Ed Colver, Diane Gamboa, Frank Gargani, Jenny Lens, Melanie Nissen, Donna Santisi, Ann Summa, Scott Lindgren, and coeditor Philomena Winstanley. Quote: "Enough is enough, partner! About time we squeezed the pus out and sent the filthy rich old farts of rock 'n' roll to retirement homes in Florida where they belong." Jenny Lens contributed to several issues with iconic photography of the Weirdos, Screamers, X, and The Germs and many others seminal LA bands. An important magazine to document Los Angeles punk and culture. Various states of wear, from toning to chipping, creasing, else very good. Tabloid size newsprint. illus (b/w, color).…