Zip It Up! The Best of Trouser Press Magazine 1974-1984

paperback $25.00

ISBN 979-8-9879891-0-4

Published 50 years to the month after Trouser Press came into existence, this 440-page large-format paperback collects dozens of articles — profiles, interviews and histories — that appeared in the magazine fans have called “the bible of alternative rock” but had a broader mission than that.

Sections on:

  • the 1960s

  • classic rock

  • glam rock

  • prog and art rock

  • reggae

  • the roots of punk

  • American punk and new wave

  • UK punk and new wave

  • post-punk

Articles on:
Small Faces, Syd Barrett, Jimmy Page, Pete Townshend, Todd Rundgren, Ray Davies, KISS, Frank Zappa, Cheap Trick, Ritchie Blackmore, T. Rex, New York Dolls, Lou Reed, Sparks, Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Genesis, Robert Fripp, Kate Bush, Joy Division, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru, Iggy Pop, Graham Parker, Television, Ramones, Blondie, R.E.M., Violent Femmes, Devo vs. William S. Burroughs, the Go-Go’s, Black Flag, X, Holly and the Italians, the Clash, Sex Pistols, X-Ray Spex, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, Cure, U2, Joan Armatrading, Human League, Gang of Four, Adam Ant, Joan Jett, Malcolm McLaren, Public Image Ltd., Eddy Grant

Featured writers: Dave Schulps, Scott Isler, Jim Green, Ira Robbins, Kathy Miller, David Fricke, Pete Silverton, Kris DiLorenzo, Jon Young, Janet Macoska, Paul Rambali, Moira McCormack, MT Laverty, Cary Baker, Tim Sommer, Karen Schlosberg, Wayne King and Marianne Meyer — plus cartoons by Roman Szolkowski and Savage Pencil.