Ablaze! (fanzine)

Ablaze! is a British indie music fanzine, produced in Manchester and Leeds, that ran for ten issues between 1987 and 1993, and returned for an eleventh issue in 2015. The fanzine has been made the subject of a book, entitled The City Is Ablaze!, published by Mittens On in 2012.

In the 1980s Ablaze! was an early champion of UK 'noisenik' bands, such as Dog Faced Hermans, The Wedding Present and the Walkingseeds, and US noise rock and grunge bands such as Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Throwing Muses, Pixies, Mudhoney and Nirvana.

In the 1990s Ablaze! continued to champion many of the indie, shoegaze and punk bands of the era, such as The Pastels, My Bloody Valentine and Lush from the UK, Sugar and Nation of Ulysses from the USA. Ablaze! was influential in propagating the Riot Grrrl movement in the UK.

From issue 5 a free flexi disc was given away with each issue, and with issue 10 a free 7" single. These featured exclusive tracks from acts such as The Wedding Present, Pavement, and Cornershop.

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