Mono (Fanzine)

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mono (always all lower case) is the underground Bradford music fanzine whose remit is alternative/independent Rock. mono was invented to celebrate / promote / coordinate the city's music scene. The fanzine is published on the 1st of every month, usually with a limited run of 1000 copies and is free. mono have also helped launch BD1 Live in Bradford, a monthly gig featuring 4 bands at St.Georges hall. Duels (band) headlined the launch night on 25/5/7, with support from Analog Bombs, Monty Casino and Laura Groves. The second night on 28/6/07 is headlined by iLiKETRAiNS with Falconetti, worriedaboutsatan and Laboratory Noise supporting. Mono released an 18 track compilation CD, Escape from monotony, in conjunction with their December 2006 issue. The CD featured 18 different bands from around Bradford such as This Et Al, Threads, Falconetti, Wilful Missing, James Dey and various others.

From May 2007 mono took the decision to publish bimonthly.

[edit] Staff

Editor-neesh
Coordination/Demos-Chris Wall
Design & Layout-Ben Holden
mono Guru-Nick Toczek
Live Reviews-Adam Simons
New Releases-Albert Freeman
Photographers-Richard Halfpenny, Mark Bukumunhe

[edit] Covers

May 06-Harmacy
Jun 06-This Et Al
Jul 06-Somatics
Aug 06-Big Gig 06
Sep 06-Laura Groves
Oct 06-Ruby Tombs
Nov 06-Threads
Dec 06-CD Compilation
Feb 07-Sky Larkin
Mar 07-Random Hand
Apr 07-White Light Parade
May/Jun 07-The Wedding Present
Jul/Aug 07-Deerhoof
Sep/Oct 07-British Sea Power
Nov/Dec 07-¡Forward, Russia!
Feb/Mar 08-Art Brut/Young Knives (double feature issue)
May/June 08-Lightspeed Champion