Zip It Up! Too

Available August 11th

Variety called Trouser Press “one of the greatest music magazines in history” and described Zip It Up! (2024) as “practically a real-time history of some of the best rock music of that era.” Zip It Up! Too contains more enthusiastic, in-depth coverage of a diverse collection of artists, from classic rock to new wave/punk and beyond.

It includes all of the magazine's "autodiscographies," a unique Trouser Press feature in which artists talked about each of their albums in sequence, sharing behind-the-scenes memories of making them. From classic rockers like Genesis, Jethro Tull and Jefferson Airplane to punks and new wavers like the Damned, Blondie and Iggy Pop, these are fascinating first-person documents of real historical value.

An immersion in rock journalism of a form that is no longer widely practiced, Zip It Up! Too consists of articles that go deep and interviews that ask impertinent questions, all written with wit, intelligence and a willful expression of opinions and values.

Trouser Press magazine began as a mimeographed and stapled fanzine in New York City in the spring of 1974 but grew into a glossy monthly with international distribution by the end of its existence exactly a decade later. Although known for its appreciation of bands from Great Britain, the magazine more generally covered music that was underground, independent or unappreciated. After focusing on bands from the ’60s and early ’70s, Trouser Press got swept up in the new wave and the rise of d.i.y. music.

Includes articles on:

• Jeff Beck

• Blondie

• Can

• The Cars

• Cheap Trick

• Elvis Costello

• The Cure

• Devo