Should you have accidently stumbled across this.. allow me to explain. Bubblegum Slut is a fanzine covering mainly Glam/Sleaze/Punk/Rock'n'roll and Goth/Industrial bands, based in Essex, England. Recently named as among the top 5 music fanzines in the UK by publishing group E-map, as their annual Fanzine Awards, it is also the only fanzine to my knowledge to include a sexy, smooth, fluffy, strokeable, soft fake fur cover every issue for your pleasure. I try to keep a strong emphasis on promoting local and smaller bands as well as covering bigger names.... you can take a look below to see who's graced the pages of the Slut in the past. Now on its 15th issue the zine is printed, or at least badly photocopied 4 or 5 times a year and has a strong, ever increasing circulation.

Bubblegum Slut has also released 4 sampler CDs to date, and in September 2003, put on it first gig, in Hitchin, Herts, starring 3 bands and packed roomful of gig-goers and readers. In the past the zine and CDs have had favourable reviews in Kerrang!, Metal Hammer, Bizarre, The Fly, Big Cheese and Black Velvet mags and none of them were bribed. If you wanna be seen in a Slut, zine trades, demos/promos and contributions etc are all very welcome, see the contact section for details.

Issue 18 - 64 pages of Adler's Appetite, The Quireboys, Vain, Jayne County & The Electric Chairs, Hanoi Rocks, The Ga*Ga*s, Morrigan Hel, Fastback, Tiger Army, RazorBladeKisses, FiendForce records, The Heart Throb tour, Pornovurt, Twinkle Troughton art, heavy metal addict and author Seb Hunter, LWED in the Parliament of Monsters, Pro-jekt, Teenage Casket Co, merchandising with style, and all the usual reviews!

Issue 17 - 64 pages of Dogs D'Amour, inc, interviews w. Tyla & Danny McCormack & tour diary, Murderdolls' Wednesday 13, Hurricane Party, Nekromantix, Texas Terri Bomb, Killing Miranda, Johnny Panic, Frankenstein, My Ruin, Bubble, New York Dolls' biographer Nina Antonia, artist to the Wildhearts Dave Heulun, J-Rock in the UK, DJ Suicide Ally, Hanoi Rocks, fake hair made easy with Snarl hair, Living With Eating Disorders, when rockstars think they're designers & more than 100 CD, DVD, gig, club and fanzine reviews!

Issue 16 - 56 pages of interviews with The Mission's Wayne Hussey, Roxy Saint, The Glitterati, Ex-NiN man Chris Vrenna and his new project Tweaker, Swarf, Acey Murderdoll's Trashlight Vision, UK Suicide Girls Asha & Vicki, artist to Alice Cooper & Poison - Matt Busch, UK alternative designer Freyagushi & the club queens behind 'Kinki', plus 20 years of debauchery with The Dogs D'Amour, Horror flick feast Frightfest, Germany's M'era Luna festival reviewed, 'I was a teenage dildo pusher' and the usual tons of gig, CD, club, zine & DVD reviews.

Issue 15 - interviews with Amen, The Horrorpops, Ariel-X, Minus, Society 1 man and porno producer Matt Zane, The Last Dance & Bella Morte, Goldfinger, Kat Bjelland and Rachel Stamp, plus 10 years of Black Velvet Magazine, Fading Ways records, Whitby April 04  review, more than 60 CD reviews and 'The Sex Life Of Jesus'.

Issue 14   - interviews with L.A Guns, The Quireboys, King Adora, Tigertailz, lowbrow artist Vince Ray and his band The Vincent Razorbacks, professional dominatrix and author Mistress Chloe, Winnebago Deal, Zombina & The Skeletones, The Renegade Playboys and Jokers Wild, plus the first annual E-Map fanzine awards, Global Warming records in 'Label Focus', Cavey Nik and his Dead & Buried Deathrock night in 'No Sleep..', and over 60 CD reviews. 

Issue 13 - includes interview with Adam Bomb, All The Pretty Horses, Enuff Z'Nuff, John Robb/Goldblade, The Cruxshadows, The Dirtbombs, Manskript, Nigel Mogg/Quireboys, Crash Kelly, Psychophile and Chillburn. Plus the first Bubblegum Slut gig and Dancing Ferrett discs in label focus.

Issue 12 - includes interviews with Faster Pussycat, Screaming Banshee Aircrew, Dog Toffee, Danger Danger and Deathboy, plus Gotham, TB Records, Decadence club night and the 'Another Hour With Bubblegum Slut' CD.

Issue 11 - SOLD OUT! Includes interviews with Pretty Boy Floyd, Robin Black & the Intergalactic Rockstars, The Gutter Queens, DUST:Retox, Pro jekt, Zion - the man behind 'Smell Your Mum' clothing label and top tattooist 'Animal'. Plus 'No Sleep..' visits Romford and Label Focus reviews ChangesOne record's London showcase.

Bubblegm 'Goth' Slut special edition zine/CD - SOLD OUT!! Interviews with - The Faces of Sarah , Tony James (Sigue Sigue Sputnik/Sisters), The Chaos Engine, The Whitby Dracula Society , The Ghost of Lemora, The Venus Flytrap, Insanitorium DJs, Mothburner, Synthetic, Pro jekt, The Scary Bitches, Undercover Slut.  On the CD:Tracks from - The Faces of Sarah, Synthetic, DUST:RETOX, Excession, The Chaos Engine, Scary Bitches, Pro jekt, Libitina, The Venus Flytrap, Zen Motel, Mothburner, Porn, The Reckoning, Zorglub, Undercover Slut

Issue 10 - SOLD OUT!! Includes interviews with Tarrie B, Girls On Top, Toxic Slut, Sinnerstar, Insanitorium DJs and (X) is Greater than (Y), plus Clare AntiProduct's problem page.

Issue 9 - Includes interviews with Goth-rockers, label owners, local politcians and cheese-rolling champions (!) The Chaos Engine, one-band rock/soul revolution The Bellrays, low-brow artist Alan Kerr, and Camden glammies The Sonic Boom Boys, plus rock-types The Relatives review the best free porn on the web!

Issue 8 - includes interviews with hyped up NZ garage rockers The D4, ledgendary Wildhearts/Silver Ginger 5 frontman Ginger, Florida punks Nutrajet, striptease teacher Jo King and Scottish loons Psycho a go-go, plus Johnny Zhivago review the drinks, I review the Motley Crue and Kiss biogs in a head to head cock-rock contest, lives include the Wilhearts, a full review of Damofest, 3 Colours Red and Rachel Stamp plus a purple fake fur cover and the first news of the 'An Hour With Bubblegum Slut' CD

Issue 7 - SOLD OUT!!!! Includes interviews with Bubble/Vixen lady, Share Ross, Camden glitter punks, Remote Control, Dogs D'Amour's Tyla and cult Goth types, the Venus Flytrap. Reviews include Rockbitch, Faster Pussycat, The Toilet Boys, The Jellys, The Wildhearts, The Quireboys and AntiProduct. Zebra skin furry cover.

Issue 6 - Includes two totally exclusive reports on the making of SugarComa's 'What Goes Round' vid and Manic Street Preachers on CD:UK, interviews with Babes In Toyland/Katastrophy Wife frontwoman Kat Bjelland, Stove of Mansun fame and Essex garage rock types Johnny Zhivago, plus two short stories, inc one by Colin Cross, AntiProduct guitarist Clare Pproduct's report on the 2001 Kerrang! awards, the Foxgloves cocktail suggestions and the usual poetry, reviews and fake fur cover!


Issue 5 - Extra long 52-page edition, features interviews with King Adora and AntiProduct guitar-girl Clare Pproduct, reviews from every date of Rachel Stamp's Short Sharp Shock tour, a rather amazing if I do say so myself short story, poetry from Colin Cross, Steve Rudd and D.J Weston, reviews and a red fake fur cover.


Issue 4 - SOLD OUT!!! Includes interviews with Samantha 7, featuring ex-Poison bloke CC.Deville, French Goth darlings, Undercover Slut, Essex indie kids Jellicoe and the confessions of a Groupie which Kerrang! mag refused to print! Plus a Manics themed short story, tour diary from AntiProduct's 'Every Toilet in this Fucking Country' tour and a pink furry cover.


Issue 3 - SOLD OUT!! Interviews with My Vitriol, Sack Trick, feat. David and Robin of Rachel Stamp fame, Sigue Sigue Sputnik/Sisters of Mercy type, Tony James and Goth-gathering the Whitby Dracula Society, Marilyn Manson live and the first ever fivemileshigh fest reviewed. Blue fur cover.


Issue 2 - SOLD OUT!! Rachel Stamp frontman David Ryder Prangly, Essex teen screamers SugarComa, the Toilet Boy's Miss Guy and Indie-poppers Inter get interviewed, plus Placebo and My Ruin live. Leopard print cover.

ISSUE 1 - SOLD OUT!! Big AntiProduct feature inc. interview with Alex Kane + live reviews, interviews with glitter-punks Sonic State and Cornwall Goths Mothburner, plus a questionaire with Rachel Stamp's Will Crewdson. Pink fur.