Punk (magazine)

Punk
April 1976 cover featuring Joey Ramone
CategoriesPunk rock
First issueJanuary 1976 (1976-01)
Final issue1979 (1979)
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish
Websitepunkmagazine.com

Punk was a music magazine and fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn, and "resident punk" Legs McNeil in 1975. It was the first punk zine, and helped bring attention to the early New York CBGB scene, popularizing the use of the term "punk rock" as a descriptor for contemporary music scenes; previously it was used strictly to refer to mid-1960s garage rock.