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''Last Hours'' (known as ''Rancid News'' prior to 2005) is an anti-authoritarian publishing collective. From 2003 to 2008 it produced a fanzine, initially called ''Rancid News'' until issue 9, changing its name to ''Last Hours'' from issue 10 till the final issue, 17, in May 2008. All 17 issues were edited by Edd Baldry before he stood down as editor. Since 2008 ''Last Hours'' has become a publishing collective, launching a website, and releasing two books in the autumn of 2009, ''Excessive Force'' and ''Diary of a miscreant'' ==Rancid News== At its inception Rancid News was a punk zine, which began circulation in April 2003 with interviews from AFI, One Minute Silence, and Johnny Truant, alongside articles, columns and reviews. ''Rancid News'' was initially launched at a time when the ''Fracture'' and ''Reason To Believe'' zines were still in existence. After those publications ceased, ''Rancid News'' assumed their mantel documenting the UK punk scene. A key difference between ''Rancid News'' and the aforementioned zines is that ''Rancid News'' was sold outside gigs, and in record and comic stores rather than being available free. It was compared to San Francisco-based ''Maximum RocknRoll'', due largely to similar political beliefs and style of music covered.〔Boarts Larson, Christine, ''Slug and Lettuce'' #82, August 2004〕 ''Rancid News'' was often connected with the Household Name records scene, featuring most of the label's bands between 2003 and 2005. ''Rancid News'' was also distributed by many of the Household Name Records bands, including Five Knuckle, Captain Everything!, Adequate Seven, Howards Alias, and Antimaniax amongst others. At its height ''Rancid News'' distributed around 4,000 copies around the UK and Europe. The zine was printed on newsprint and most issues were 116 pages long, with a colour cover, and saddle stitch binding. In early 2005 the name ''Rancid News'' was considered a hindrance. People mistakenly assumed the fanzine had something to do with the punk rock band Rancid and it was felt that it forced contributors to focus too heavily on music. The final issue of ''Rancid News'', published in February 2005, gave an indication of the changing direction, with a greater emphasis on radical culture in general and with particular focus on political articles, vegan recipes and longer columns. The name ''Last Hours'' was agreed on in a meeting in March 2005, with the first issue - issue 10 - of the fanzine being released in June 2005, with subsequent issues to be released every six months. It maintained a balance between interviews with punk bands and political articles. It was published under the strapline 'Radical culture and punk rock'. The print production remained the same as ''Rancid News'' until issue 13, when the fanzine again changed direction with the first perfect bound edition, and an issue dedication to 'Punk rock and comics'. It marked the first time that interviews, articles or reviews relating to punk rock took up less than 50% of the fanzine. After issue 13 each issue of Last Hours was themed in one way or another, most often around the principle article of the zine. So, issue 14 focussed on acoustic punk rock, issue 15 on anarcho-punk compilations, issue 16 on DIY punk rock houseshows, and issue 17 on radical illustration. In all of the issues of ''Last Hours'' anarchist politics and radical culture took prominence over the music. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Last Hours」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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