Sniffin' Glue may have been the closest thing to perfection ever achieved by a magazine. Untroubled by the demands of owners, publishers, designers & production editors, it was a one-man enterprise that perfectly mirrored the spirit & manners of its subject matter
- punk rock 0 by being intentionally amateurish, passionate & crude.
Mark Perry's first issue (1 of 12) set the tone for an exercise in kitchen-table publishing that did not even have a kitchen table. Boldly scrawled in his bedroom Sniffin' Glue started out as a fan's rallying cry, went on as just long as it needed to (one year) & then stopped, as good punk enterprises should.
And here it is in its entirety, a potent slice of 1976/77 Brutalist punk culture, complete with fascinating new insights from its creator Mark Perry. So look inside, wake up & smell THE GLUE once more...