Original complete copies of Living Eye issues #3 and #4 from 1982, published by Ken Aronds in Roselle Park, New Jersey during the formative years of the US garage-punk / psych revival scene.
These are genuine early underground music fanzines tied directly to the emerging NYC/NJ garage revival network surrounding bands such as The Fuzztones and The Zantees.
Extremely scarce surviving examples.
Included
Living Eye No. 3
Special “Girl Issue” Features include:
Fuzztones interview
Shangri-Las feature
Nancy Sinatra article
Jackie DeShannon appreciation
British girl-pop / 60s culture articles
Gary Usher discography
Texas psycho-punk coverage
Living Eye No. 4
Garage / Psych / Rockabilly issue Features include:
The Zantees interview
Roger McGuinn interview
Wanda Jackson feature
The Standells article
Fuzztones content
Psychotic Reactions review section
Garage and rockabilly reviews
Important
Issue #4 still contains BOTH original posters:
Fuzztones poster
Zantees poster
These are often missing.
Both issues are:
complete
original stapled format
very good condition
structurally solid
clean for age
no missing pages
Please study photos carefully for condition.
Historical Context
Living Eye was part of the early 1980s underground garage revival movement that helped revive interest in:
1960s garage rock
girl-group pop
psych
surf
rockabilly
collector culture
Strong connections to the early Fuzztones / psych-punk scene.
Includes period advertisements and scene material referencing Voxx Records, Acid Visions, Electric Sugar Cube Flashbacks, Chesterfield Kings, Miracle Workers, Fleshtones and other early garage-revival / psych-punk acts and reissues.
Very rarely seen complete, especially in this condition.