{"product_id":"search-and-destroy-2-1977","title":"SEARCH \u0026 DESTROY — NO. 2 (1977)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Search \u0026amp; Destroy, c\/o City Lights Bookstore, 261 Columbus, San Francisco\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e V. Vale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue:\u003c\/strong\u003e No. 2 — “New Wave Cultural Research”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29 × 22 cm folded (11.5 × 8.75 in); 45 × 29 cm open (17.7 × 11.4 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Tabloid on newsprint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition: \u003c\/strong\u003eFine — exceptionally well preserved overall. The copy shows only visible wear and minor damage consistent with its original newsprint format and the passage of time. Aside from these age- and format-related imperfections, the interior remains in excellent condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSearch \u0026amp; Destroy\u003c\/em\u003e was the seminal San Francisco newspaper that documented the emergence of punk and the wider underground culture surrounding it. Published by V. Vale from City Lights Bookstore in North Beach, the paper operated between journalism, cultural research, and DIY publishing, creating a direct record of a scene that was still taking shape. Vale would later transform the project into \u003cem\u003eRE\/Search\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most influential publishing ventures devoted to underground and transgressive culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue No. 2, published in 1977, captures the first wave of punk at a moment when the movement had not yet settled into a defined aesthetic or commercial category. Its pages move between San Francisco, New York, and London, recording artists and ideas as they circulated through an increasingly interconnected international underground.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe issue's “Flight Log” opens with Iggy Pop — described through the unforgettable phrase “bass voice, metallic wit, spike hair, x-ray smile” — alongside the Ramones' journey west. Elsewhere, Nickey Beat examines The Weirdos and their confrontation with the fashion industry, while the issue features a substantial Clash interview and centrefold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFurther contributions include The Dils, Devo's “De-Evolution Decade,” The Zeros, Vivienne Westwood in a London street report, Patti Smith, Nico Ordway on “Anarchy in the UK,” Johnny Moped, and Penelope Houston of The Avengers. Together, the articles create a fragmented but remarkably immediate portrait of the underground as it existed in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe masthead extends the publication's deliberately militaristic and irreverent language, listing a “Flight Crew” composed of pilots, bombardiers, radar operators, and other fictional ranks. Among them is photographer Ruby Ray, whose photographs became some of the defining visual documents of the San Francisco punk scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinted inexpensively on newsprint and folded once as issued, \u003cem\u003eSearch \u0026amp; Destroy\u003c\/em\u003e was never intended to become an archival object. Its significance comes precisely from its immediacy: it documents musicians, writers, photographers, designers, and scenes before many of them had entered the historical canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIssue No. 2 is particularly important as a record of the moment when the Bay Area, New York, and London undergrounds were beginning to recognize themselves as part of a larger cultural network. It sits at the intersection of the early punk press, independent music journalism, and the emerging international exchange of ideas that would define the movement's visual and intellectual history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA foundational document of American punk publishing and one of the key early issues of V. Vale's \u003cem\u003eSearch \u0026amp; Destroy\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"search \u0026 destroy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67648403636512,"sku":null,"price":2000.0,"currency_code":"MXN","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0878\/0202\/0128\/files\/search-and-destroy-2-1977-cover-intermission.jpg?v=1791264050","url":"https:\/\/intermissionbooks.com\/products\/search-and-destroy-2-1977","provider":"intermission books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}