Saturday, November 9, 2019

Get your fresh zine fix sorted!

The hard copies of CRUCIAL ZINE! 11 are in and they look amazing! The new issue is available in three smashing color variations - light blue, purple and orange - and you can get it now by sending us a message with or having a look at the online shop if you like to mail order zines like it's still 1992.

Distros / shops
- Υπόγα Κ94 distro
- Rhythm Records
- Scarecrow Records
- Uprising Hardcore Distro
- All Ages Records (UK)
- Aaahh!!! Real Records (UK) 

More will be added in the following days, so anyone else who would like to stock it please get in touch!

Monday, November 4, 2019

A CRUCIAL/PUKE PARTY


Come down to this sweet party on Sunday to pick up the new issue of Crucial Zine and our Athens counterparts, the one and only Puke Soup! I'll be spinning all the great UK ska/punk I have been bitching about all these years, so you know you don't want to miss this!

Saturday, November 2, 2019

ISSUE #11 HAS DROPPED!


Yo! Issue #11 is out! A minor cold actually kept me from getting this uploaded sooner, but here we are! This 56-page monolith of an issue features interviews with Satanic ska/punk legends Mephiskapheles, upcoming stand-up comedian Rose Vineshank, an insightful scene report from Drama by Tso Nee, a noob's guide to the Black Flag discography, radical coloring pages by Danai and a bitching cover by Aleks.

On top of that there is usual dose of science, video-games, zine and music reviews, cross-words, photos and other rants on the small and important things in life to sink your teeth in! I will be taking this to the print shop on Monday, so hard copies should be available mid-week! Also, make sure you're free this Sunday, yeah? 😏

Friday, September 27, 2019

NEW GEAR!

Be the most stylish hardcore warrior at your local record/food store or the beach with this legit-as-fuck tote bag with thunderlizards! You can get one for seven euros via the shop, or have a look on Twatbook for some sweet deals!

If you like the design and would like to wear this as a shirt or sweater, let us know! If there's enough interest we'll get some more rad stuff done! ;)

PS: Issue 11 is getting along spectacularly! Expect some updates on this next week - it should be dropping in October, as planned.




Sunday, June 9, 2019

ISSUE #10 IS OUT NOW

ISSUE #10 IS OUT NOW! 


This time around the music takes a bit of a break and the focus is on zine writers - young and old, past and present - from all over the shop. On top of that there is all the usual mess of articles, rants, reviews and fun activities for all the family that you have come to expect!

100 copies with a full-color cover. Get in touch for a hard copy or read it online!

Distros and shops that carry the new issue:

Aaahh!!! Real Records (Cambridge)
All Ages (London)
Nothing To Harvest Records (Karditsa) 
Refuse Records (Berlin)
Scull Crasher Records
Uprising Hardcore Distro (Volos)
Rhythm Records (Athens)

Sunday, June 2, 2019

ISSUE #10 HAS A DEADLINE

Like, what would punk rock be without repeatedly missing deadlines? Anyway, Crucial Zine got invited to TWO amazing fests next weekend, so the proverbial whip has been cracked to finish up all remaining articles and layouts so that issue 10 gets printed in time. Unfortunately human cloning has not even reached "Multiplicity" levels yet, so if it's not ready, come by anyway to support these awesome groups of people and make fun of me for procrastinating.



Friday, April 5, 2019

COME DOWN TO PUKEFEST ON SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2019!
Crucial Zine and a load of other zines will be there, so come say hi!

Sunday, February 17, 2019

UPDATE!

A few mundane problems got in the way and caused delays, but everything is back on track! Issue 10 is looking pretty good and will be out sooner, rather than later If you'd still like to contribute something, have a look here and then get in touch (FB is easiest). Here's a little preview of the kick ass cover though, to get you all worked up! You can play this in background for a proper epic effect.
 
 GAIN TRUE COSMIC AWARENESS WITH CRUCIAL ZINE

Also, chatting with Ian from Aahhh!! Real Records one night, I came up with the idea of doing a punk meme one-page zine. So here is DEEP CUT, a regressive little dity that is totally free if you buy anything from the shop. How cool is that?




Thursday, January 3, 2019

2019 AND BEYOND!

Despite the setbacks, 2018 was a pretty good year for Crucial Zine. The CB1 Years collection was arguably the biggest endeavor so far and a sobering reminder of just how far this ship has traveled on the edges of cultural oceans in these ten years

To all readers - old and new - I sincerely thank you from the bottom of my weathered heart for taking the time to flick through these pages and hope that you were at least mildly amused/entertained. 2019 will be an even more exciting year and I would love for you to stick around or join in on the fun (and please tell your friends).