The Thousands

Meet Samuel Miers. Sam is a man with a passion. A passion for musical niches you didn’t even realise existed. Six months ago, Sam decided that rock music had been unknowingly profiting off early-80s German New Wave, and in particular the primary progenitor of the movement, ZickZack Records, for far too long. And not being one to let overwhelming generic obscurity take its course, Sam decided this was a cracking opportunity to illuminate the masses about the wonders of ZickZack. In zine form.

Hence we have Disco Rough #1, the culmination of many months of Sam’s life spent tracking down and interviewing all the major players from the label, as well as translating the only article in existence to actually use the phrase ‘German New Wave’. If nothing else, it’ll mean a chance to impress friends and colleagues with the heretofore unseen depths of your music knowledge. And, in the end, isn’t that what we’re really after?