Save The Queen Zine Research Papers

A zine is a handmade booklet which is made in small quantities and circulated. The content is usually too controversial or niche for the mainstream media, usually surrounding sex, gender, equality, politics, strong opinions and views. The layout of the zine’s usually does not follow the layout of other magazines or newsprint in the media; the layouts are usually collage, unusual and unorganised. (RookieMag, 2012) They communicate powerful messages and strong ideas people don’t see in mainstream media. They are an outlet for creating something personal to share with other people. They are a creative and simple outlet for all types of people with different styles, personalities, interests and approaches to society. “... It was incredibly varied:

(Duncombe, S., 1997, pg.11)
Looking at fanzine’s from the 70’s I can see an association and inspiration taken from the Jamie Reid’s ‘God Save The Queen’ album cover; the strong colours of red, blue, grey and black. The use of collage from newsprint is also used in the zine’s along with the Xerox style which happens when zine’s are made in large quantities when photocopied again and again.
The Sex Pistols were a very strong influence to the punk era in the late 70’s, as the album cover was very controversial. I feel that punk bands in the 70’s used the same type of attitude and art style to promote themselves as they had the same ideas about society and how they were viewed by people in the media and by others in the music

They used the newsprint a lot more for strong, title pages with lyrics, collage and used typewriters to create the longer paragraphs for a neat, readable text as opposed to handwriting. Usually the text was shortened, vowels taken out; as seen in the title ‘Riot Grrrl. The use of colour was a lot more feminine and vibrant, but the use of greys and blacks are still present to reflect strong ideas and opinions through the pages. In some aspects the layout of Riot Grrrl is more visually appealing rather than the seventies zine’s: they have more of a layout and usually always have a underlying theme throughout the individual zines instead of fanzines which had promotion of their band and various opinions and thoughts on the social