Fred Spenner - Print Fanzine Publisher *EXTENDED INTERVIEW VERSION
Underdog Fanzine (UF) has been around as a print magazine since 2002. How do you manage to keep a DIY print magazine alive for almost 25 years in a digitalized world? RESPECT for that. How will the 25th anniversary in 2027 be celebrated? Festival, special edition, etc. … any plans? Fred: Thank you! To be honest, if someone had told me in 2002 that UNDERDOG would still exist twenty-five years later, I probably wouldn't have believed them. Like many fanzines, it started with nothing more than enthusiasm, a love for punk and hardcore, and the feeling that there were countless bands and stories that deserved more attention than they were getting. I never had a business plan. UNDERDOG was - and still is - a DIY project driven by conviction rather than commercial ambition. Keeping a printed fanzine alive in the digital age isn't easy. Rising printing and postage costs, changing reading habits and the dominance of social media have fundamentally changed the way people consume music ...
