Rare 1981 UK Zine - New Mania No.5 (fka ready-to-ruck) Excellent Condition

NEW MANIA No.5 (Formerly ready-to-ruck)

Rare 1981 UK music zine, published from Folkestone, Kent, UK featuring G.B.H., Rudimentary Peni, The Toy Dolls, Anti-Nowhere League and many others!

An authentic, razor-sharp artifact from the late-1970s British punk underground, this original copy of New Mania No. 5 (formerly published under the moniker Ready-To-Ruck) captures the DIY spirit of UK punk subculture at its peak. Packed with raw, cut-and-paste typewriter typography, high-contrast photocopied band photography, candid gig reviews, and unfiltered interviews with pioneering first-wave punk and oi! acts, this zine documents the street-level scene with relentless energy. A vital, highly collectible piece of print ephemera for archivists of UK punk history, counterculture media, and early fanzine design.

New Mania No. 5 (formerly ready-to-ruck) published 1981 out of Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom.  Features Angelic Upstars, Toy Dolls, Rudimentary Peni, Anti-Nowhere League, G.B.H., The Business, Red Alert, Judge Dread,  The Outcasts, and Not Sensibles among others.

Excellent, complete condition with flat pages, no tears.  Just a little aging discoloration around the edges and some light wrinkling at the page edges toward the very front and back.