Pig Paper # 11: Jan 1980 | Feature on Elvis, photo of Chuck Berry and much more
My next installment of what will eventually be the full set of archives. The was the first Pocket Pig issue, with each page sized at 4-1/2 by 11. There is […]
Pig Paper # 10b March 1979: The Ugly Ducklings and punk gossip from Toronto
My next installment of what will eventually be the full set of archives. This issue of the Pig Paper came out March 1979 and features the Ugly Ducklings and punk […]
Pig Paper # 10a Feb 1979: The Diodes fired by CBS
My next installment of what will eventually be the full set of archives. This issue came out in February 1979 and has the piece with the Diodes getting fired by […]
Pig Paper # 10, Dec 1978: The Dave Clark Five, the Verbs and many more.
Issue 10 came out in December 1978. the cover story is of the Dave Clark Five, Inside there are pieces on the Verbs, the Rich Kids, Television, the Modern Lovers, […]
Pig Paper #09, Aug 1978: Interviews with John Lydon, Generation X and many more.
Interviews with John Lydon and Generation X, articles on Suicide, Buddy Holly, and Destroy All Monsters, “Pig Toronto Punk Discography,” Bill McAvory on the Ugly Ducklings, Edgar Breau plays “Blindate,” […]
Pig Paper #08, Apr 1978: Interviews with Elvis Costello,The Viletones and many more.
Interviews with Elvis Costello and The Viletones, The Forgotten Rebels’ Fan Mail, Jeremy Gluck’s “Stupid Songs I Have Known,” The Runaways at the El Mocambo, The Diodes in New York […]
Pig Paper #07, Dec 1977: Interviews with The Hollies and many more. First ever mainstream press coverage “pigsclusive”
Interviews with The Hollies, Eddie and the Hot Rods and the Boyfriends, articles on Tommy Ramone, Freddie and the Dreamers and the Vibrators, the first “Pigallery” photo spread, “Pig Punk […]
Pig Paper #06, Oct 1977: Interviews with Talking Heads and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson (“pigsclusive” photo)
Interviews with Talking Heads and Beach Boy Dennis Wilson, a report on the Toronto “Outrage” concert, “Marc Bolan Is Dead” obituary, “Pig Punk Part Two” (The Dishes, Loved Ones, Concordes, […]
Pig Paper: Canada Issue No.05, Aug. 1977, an interview with The Ramones “die schweine-zeitung”
An interview with The Ramones (conducted at their June 18, 1977 Toronto performance and party afterwards), an article/discography on the Australian band The Saints, Rock Serling’s first “Delete Zone” column, […]
The Pig Paper: Other memorabilia
I am finding other items from The Pig Paper, which are non-edition specific. As I receive or find, I will post. Here are a few items. Thanks, Gary, for sending […]
Pig Paper: Canada Issue No.04, correspondence from Gary Pig Gold to Doug “Rock Serling” Pelton
Publication date unknown. This is a photocopy of August 1975 correspondence from Gary Pig Gold to Doug “Rock Serling” Pelton.
Pig Paper: Canada Apr 1977 Issue No.03, a Kinks appreciation issue
This issue of the Pig Paper came out in April 1977 and was a Kinks appreciation issue. This issue sees Edgar Breau expressing his love for the Kinks. The “True […]
Pig Paper: Canada Oct 1976 Issue No.02, Follow-up to the Who issue
This was a follow up to the Who issue and came out in October 1976 almost a year later. A small literary “coda” and update on The Who, inserted into […]
Pig Paper: Canada 1975 Issue No.01, The Who coming to Toronto
The Pig Paper was Canada’s very first self-published music fanzine, and for twelve years reported not only on the birth of that country’s independent music scene, but came to exemplify […]
