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Launched in 1989,<ref name="t97">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 97</ref> the ''Profane Existence'' magazine has been described as "the largest of the anarchist Punk fanzines in North America."<ref name="o'hara">{{Cite book| last = O'Hara | first = Craig | title = The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise | publisher = [[AK Press]] | year = 1999 | location = Edinburgh | page = 71 | isbn = 978-1-873176-16-0 }}</ref>  The magazine deals with a very broad range of topics,<ref name="t95">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 95</ref> including [[veganism]], [[animal rights|animal]], [[women's rights|women's]] and minority rights, anti-fascist action and the punk lifestyle. It published feature articles, interviews, reports on local scenes around the world, editorials, letters, "how-to" articles, and so on.<ref name="la" /><ref name="t106">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 106</ref>  Thompson writes that the zine "functions as [a newspaper] for many Anarcho-Punks, especially those in the [[Twin Cities]] area."<ref name="t94">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 94</ref>  Until it ceased publication in 1998 ''Profane Existence'' was free in the Twin Cities and cost $1–3 elsewhere; then as now customers who order the zine through the mail are only charged for shipping.<ref name="t108" />  The zine was initially published in a black and white [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format.<ref name="t94" />  It switched to an 8½ x 11" magazine format with issue #23 (Autumn 1994) but returned to a tabloid format (now with color front and back covers) with issue #38 (Spring 2000).<ref name="t94" />
Launched in 1989,<ref name="t97">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 97</ref> the ''Profane Existence'' magazine has been described as "the largest of the anarchist Punk fanzines in North America."<ref name="o'hara">{{Cite book| last = O'Hara | first = Craig | title = The Philosophy of Punk: More Than Noise | publisher = [[AK Press]] | year = 1999 | location = Edinburgh | page = 71 | isbn = 978-1-873176-16-0 }}</ref>  The magazine deals with a very broad range of topics,<ref name="t95">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 95</ref> including [[veganism]], [[animal rights|animal]], [[women's rights|women's]] and minority rights, anti-fascist action and the punk lifestyle. It published feature articles, interviews, reports on local scenes around the world, editorials, letters, "how-to" articles, and so on.<ref name="la" /><ref name="t106">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 106</ref>  Thompson writes that the zine "functions as [a newspaper] for many Anarcho-Punks, especially those in the [[Twin Cities]] area."<ref name="t94">Thompson, ''Punk Productions'', 94</ref>  Until it ceased publication in 1998 ''Profane Existence'' was free in the Twin Cities and cost $1–3 elsewhere; then as now customers who order the zine through the mail are only charged for shipping.<ref name="t108" />  The zine was initially published in a black and white [[Tabloid (newspaper format)|tabloid]] format.<ref name="t94" />  It switched to an 8½ x 11" magazine format with issue #23 (Autumn 1994) but returned to a tabloid format (now with color front and back covers) with issue #38 (Spring 2000).<ref name="t94" />


In 1992 the group co-published (with ''[[Maximum Rock n Roll]]'') the first edition of ''Book Your Own Fuckin' Life'', a directory (organized by region) of bands, distributors, venues, houses where "touring bands or traveling punks could sleep and sometimes eat for free," etc.--what Thompson describes as a "[[Yellow Pages]] of sorts" for "touring punk bands and punks in general."<ref name="t104"/>
In 1992 the group co-published (with ''[[Maximum Rock n Roll]]'') the first edition of ''Book Your Own Fuckin' Life'', a directory (organized by region) of bands, distributors, venues, houses where "touring bands or traveling punks could sleep and sometimes eat for free," etc.--what Thompson describes as a "[[Yellow Pages]] of sorts" for "touring punk bands and punks in general."<ref name="t104"/>


Profane Existence Records, the collective's record label, was also founded in 1989.<ref name="t97" />  One of the label's first releases was "Extinction," the seminal New York City [[crust punk]] band [[Nausea (band)|Nausea]]'s only full-length album, which John Griffin describes as "as important to the punks of the '90s as [[The Sex Pistols]]' ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks]]'' was to the punks of the late '70s."<ref name="nausea1">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r588764|pure_url=yes}} |title=Extinction: Nausea: Review |access-date=2007-09-09 |last=Griffin |first=John |work=[[Allmusic]] }}</ref>  Another notable early release was [[Asbestosdeath]]'s second 7", "Dejection"; Asbestosdeath's members went on to form the metal bands [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], [[High on Fire]], and [[Om (band)|Om]].  Throughout the early and mid-1990s, Profane Existence released or distributed records by many other crust bands, including  [[Doom (UK band)|Doom]], Misery, Fleas and Lice, Anarcrust, [[Counterblast (band)|Counterblast]], Dirt, and [[Hellbastard]].<ref name="t97" />  Thompson writes that the label "became ground zero for [the crust] movement" and that the aesthetic of second-wave (i.e., beginning in the late 1980s) anarcho-punk "is currently exemplified by the bands released" on the label.<ref name="t97" />  More recently, the label has released music by bands like [[Behind Enemy Lines (band)|Behind Enemy Lines]],<ref name="pg">{{cite news |title= PITTSBURGH CALLING A capsule look at Pittsburgh bands making news.|work= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher= Pittsburgh Post Gazette Publishing Co.|page= WE. 17|date= 2007-02-01}}</ref> MURDER DISCO X, Iskra, and The Cooters.<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r797586|pure_url=yes}} |title=Punk Metal: The Cooters |access-date=2007-09-03 |work=[[Allmusic]] }}</ref> In 2009 they hosted independent crust radio shows, Scairt Radio, Doomed Society, Organize and Arise and others. This finished in 2012, where the magazine became an online magazine.
Profane Existence Records, the collective's record label, was also founded in 1989.<ref name="t97" />  One of the label's first releases was "Extinction," the seminal New York City [[crust punk]] band [[Nausea (band)|Nausea]]'s only full-length album, which John Griffin describes as "as important to the punks of the '90s as [[The Sex Pistols]]' ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks]]'' was to the punks of the late '70s."<ref name="nausea1">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r588764|pure_url=yes}} |title=Extinction: Nausea: Review |access-date=2007-09-09 |last=Griffin |first=John |work=[[Allmusic]] }}</ref>  Another notable early release was [[Asbestosdeath]]'s second 7", "Dejection"; Asbestosdeath's members went on to form the metal bands [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]], [[High on Fire]], and [[Om (band)|Om]].  Throughout the early and mid-1990s, Profane Existence released or distributed records by many other crust bands, including  [[Doom (UK band)|Doom]], Misery, Fleas and Lice, Anarcrust, [[Counterblast (band)|Counterblast]], Dirt, and [[Hellbastard]].<ref name="t97" />  Thompson writes that the label "became ground zero for [the crust] movement" and that the aesthetic of second-wave (i.e., beginning in the late 1980s) anarcho-punk "is currently exemplified by the bands released" on the label.<ref name="t97" />  More recently, the label has released music by bands like [[Behind Enemy Lines (band)|Behind Enemy Lines]],<ref name="pg">{{cite news |title= PITTSBURGH CALLING A capsule look at Pittsburgh bands making news.|work= [[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|publisher= Pittsburgh Post Gazette Publishing Co.|page= WE. 17|date= 2007-02-01}}</ref> MURDER DISCO X, Iskra, and The Cooters.<ref name="allmusic1">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r797586|pure_url=yes}} |title=Punk Metal: The Cooters |access-date=2007-09-03 |work=[[Allmusic]] }}</ref> In 2009 they hosted independent crust radio shows, Scairt Radio, Doomed Society, Organize and Arise and others. This finished in 2012, where the magazine became an online magazine.{{citation needed|date=June 2025}}


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Profane Existence is a Minneapolis-based[1] anarcho-punk collective. Established in 1989,[2] the collective publishes a nationally known[3] zine (also called Profane Existence), as well as releasing and distributing anarcho-punk, crust, and grindcore music,[4] and printing and publishing pamphlets and literature.[5][6] Stacy Thompson describes the collective as "the largest, longest-lasting, and most influential collective in Anarcho-Punk so far."[7] The collective folded in 1998,[8][9] although its distribution arm, then called Blackened Distribution, continued operating.[10] It restarted in 2000.[2] "Making punk a threat again" is the group's slogan.

History

Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "check for unknown parameters". Template:Anarchism US Launched in 1989,[11] the Profane Existence magazine has been described as "the largest of the anarchist Punk fanzines in North America."[12] The magazine deals with a very broad range of topics,[13] including veganism, animal, women's and minority rights, anti-fascist action and the punk lifestyle. It published feature articles, interviews, reports on local scenes around the world, editorials, letters, "how-to" articles, and so on.[4][14] Thompson writes that the zine "functions as [a newspaper] for many Anarcho-Punks, especially those in the Twin Cities area."[15] Until it ceased publication in 1998 Profane Existence was free in the Twin Cities and cost $1–3 elsewhere; then as now customers who order the zine through the mail are only charged for shipping.[7] The zine was initially published in a black and white tabloid format.[15] It switched to an 8½ x 11" magazine format with issue #23 (Autumn 1994) but returned to a tabloid format (now with color front and back covers) with issue #38 (Spring 2000).[15]

In 1992 the group co-published (with Maximum Rock n Roll) the first edition of Book Your Own Fuckin' Life, a directory (organized by region) of bands, distributors, venues, houses where "touring bands or traveling punks could sleep and sometimes eat for free," etc.--what Thompson describes as a "Yellow Pages of sorts" for "touring punk bands and punks in general."[5]

Profane Existence Records, the collective's record label, was also founded in 1989.[11] One of the label's first releases was "Extinction," the seminal New York City crust punk band Nausea's only full-length album, which John Griffin describes as "as important to the punks of the '90s as The Sex Pistols' Never Mind the Bollocks was to the punks of the late '70s."[16] Another notable early release was Asbestosdeath's second 7", "Dejection"; Asbestosdeath's members went on to form the metal bands Sleep, High on Fire, and Om. Throughout the early and mid-1990s, Profane Existence released or distributed records by many other crust bands, including Doom, Misery, Fleas and Lice, Anarcrust, Counterblast, Dirt, and Hellbastard.[11] Thompson writes that the label "became ground zero for [the crust] movement" and that the aesthetic of second-wave (i.e., beginning in the late 1980s) anarcho-punk "is currently exemplified by the bands released" on the label.[11] More recently, the label has released music by bands like Behind Enemy Lines,[17] MURDER DISCO X, Iskra, and The Cooters.[18] In 2009 they hosted independent crust radio shows, Scairt Radio, Doomed Society, Organize and Arise and others. This finished in 2012, where the magazine became an online magazine.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

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  5. ↑ a b Thompson, Punk Productions, 104
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  7. ↑ a b Thompson, Punk Productions, 108
  8. ↑ Thompson, Punk Productions, 105
  9. ↑ The collective's October 1998 announcement that it would "cease operations" can be read here [1] Template:Webarchive
  10. ↑ Thompson, Punk Productions, 186
  11. ↑ a b c d Thompson, Punk Productions, 97
  12. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  13. ↑ Thompson, Punk Productions, 95
  14. ↑ Thompson, Punk Productions, 106
  15. ↑ a b c Thompson, Punk Productions, 94
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References

  • Thompson, Stacy (2004). Punk Productions: Unfinished Business. SUNY Press. Template:ISBN.

External links

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