DANGEROUS RHYTHMS — NO. 6, WINTER 1985–86 (PUNK FANZINE)

Issue: Dangerous Rhythms No. 6, Winter 1985–86 — “Big Thumbs Down Issue”
Published by: Lorn, Inc., Piscataway, New Jersey
Year: 1985
Editor and Publisher: Gene Temesy
Dimensions: 29.7 × 21 cm
Language: English
Format: Softcover fanzine, 19 numbered pages, bound with three original staples
Condition: Fine — exceptionally well preserved, with no visible imperfections or signs of wear. The three original staples remain intact, and the copy is in excellent condition.

Dangerous Rhythms was a punk and underground music fanzine from Piscataway, New Jersey, edited and published by Gene Temesy, who credits himself on the masthead with “Editor, Publisher, Layouts, Blame.” Issue No. 6, the “Big Thumbs Down Issue” from Winter 1985–86, appeared nine months after the previous issue, with Temesy opening the signed editorial by joking about the long delay.

The cover announces Das Yahoos, Mick Cancer, and “Free Cancer Treatment,” while the editorial immediately undercuts the promise by admitting that the supposedly “free” cover costs $0.99. The entire publication carries this deliberately irreverent tone, with a masthead featuring a “Complaint Division,” a “Vice President, Publicity” credited to Bryan Bruden, “Recommendation Consultants,” and contributors including Howard Wuelfling.

Temesy's editorial also promises that advertising has been “kept to a pleasing minimum,” accompanied by the characteristically sarcastic observation that there are people who “aren't in it for the money.” The result is a compact document of the DIY publishing culture surrounding the American punk and underground music scenes of the mid-1980s.

A complete and exceptionally well-preserved copy, retaining its original three-staple binding.