Damage - officially Damage: An Inventory - was a punk fanzine from San Francisco, California. There were 13 issues, from July 1979 to June 1981, appearing roughly every two months. It was printed on 11-1/2 x 17-3/4″ newsprint. Issues were generally 36 to 48 pages long. Its editor was Brad Lapin. Contributors included Jello Biafra, Ginger Coyote, Geza X, and f-stop Fitzgerald. Two of the issues were 28- and 32-page free guides to the Western Front music and art festival in San Francisco for 1979 and 1980.[1]
Damage covered the punk scene in Northern and Southern California, as well as international developments.[2] OP magazine called it "one of the best new wave publications".[3] Reporting on the local scene in the San Francisco Examiner, Bill Mandel said that Damage was "the punk Bible" [for the Bay Area, presumably].[4] Archivist Ryan Richardson called it “a definite contender in a state crowded with fanzine heavyweights.”[5] Nicholas Rombes used Damage as a source for nine entries in his A Cultural Dictionary of Punk.[6] Writer Stevie Chick included a lengthy quote from a Damage article by Jeffrey Bale to describe Black Flag's increasing popularity in his book about the band.[7]
Web site: Damage print run . Circulation Zero . Ryan Richardson . 16 May 2024.