Fracture Issue #4
October 1998 · Cress / Area Effect / Urko / Maximum Rocknroll / Subjugation · first-year issue
Fourth issue of Fracture, dated October 1998, from the first year of the nationally distributed British DIY punk fanzine created from the networks around Dave Hopkin’s Mad Monks and Russell Gallon’s Charred Remains. Its cover foregrounds Cress, Area Effect, Urko, Maximum Rocknroll and Subjugation, while the surviving editorial page documents the magazine’s free/donation model, volunteer distribution, subscription and wholesale economics.
Read the catalogue note →- Publication
- Fracture
- Condition
- Good+ / Very Good−; handled and age-toned newsprint with edge and spine wear, localized staining, small surface marks and visible old tape/adhesive residue to the front cover; structurally intact in the supplied photographs.
- Completeness
- Complete under the standing TMR accession rule; all pages/components are treated as present unless the owner states otherwise. Four representative views were supplied, including front, rear, editorial/distribution page and the Urko interview spread.
- Date
- October 1998
Catalogue note
Fourth issue of Fracture, dated October 1998, from the first year of the nationally distributed British DIY punk fanzine created from the networks around Dave Hopkin’s Mad Monks and Russell Gallon’s Charred Remains. Its cover foregrounds Cress, Area Effect, Urko, Maximum Rocknroll and Subjugation, while the surviving editorial page documents the magazine’s free/donation model, volunteer distribution, subscription and wholesale economics. A substantial Urko interview with Jas Toomer, photographed and interviewed by Mel Hughes, gives the issue additional value as direct scene testimony. As an early Fracture number, it materially extends TMR’s later run of Issues #11, #14, #15 and #16 back into the publication’s formative 1998 period.
Why this object matters
The early Fracture issue records volunteer distribution economics and direct Urko/Jas Toomer testimony. This specific first-year network evidence sustains Gold at 9.2, with the limited photographed sample distinguished from full physical collation.
Evidence limits: No new physical inspection or collation was performed. Copy-specific conclusions remain limited to the retained catalogue and accession evidence.
Score and assessment method
Archive Importance: 9.2 / 10 · Gold Star.
This is a curatorial judgement, not a measurement accurate to one tenth or a market valuation. Read the explanation and its evidence limits together.
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