Kicks #5 (New York City)

A year after discovering Kicks at the Nashville Tower Records, issue #5 popped up and soon ended up in my greedy little hands. Linna and Miller had obviously found an appreciative niche audience and the zine grew by a third to a whopping 100-pages. The subject matter did not suffer from the growth in size and popularity of the zine, and if you'll forgive the pun, this issue kicks ass!

Kicks #5 kicks off with an exhaustive eight-page article on Hasil Adkins, who by this time was also a Norton Records recording artist. The piece includes a page with pictures of the labels of Adkins' self-released 45s, a very cool visual addition to the artist's discography at the end of the article. Other articles in this issue include a piece on the Rivieras, Joe Clay, the Pyramids, rockabilly legend Dale Hawkins, Jerry Lee Lewis and a cool "bull session" with Ed "Big Daddy" Roth. There's also a one-page "Hollywood Hell" cartoon by noted artist Drew Friedman, titled "Ugly White Guys – They Like Television"; and a funny four-page cartoon strip called "Milestones Of Teendom" by Jane King and artist J.D. King.

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VITAL STATISTICS:
• Issue #5
• 1986, no month given
• B&W, 100-pages (including covers)
• Style: music zine

ARTICLES/INTERVIEWS
Hasil Adkins
Jerry Lee Lewis
Joe Clay
Ed "Big Daddy Roth"
The Rivieras
The Pyramids
--> also album reviews, reader mail, book & zine reviews, lots of smaller articles