Bitch Bitch was produced by Stewart Home and Dave King and Issue No.1 was publish in 1980 and sold for 30p

Running to 22-pages the first issue, barring some sausage filling, was packed with pieces on the local scene: The lyrics to The Sleep‘s ‘Bitch‘, the opening line of which we assume is where the ‘zine got its name; and pieces large and small on Disruptive Patterns, Imperfect Hold, Basic Essentials, Tapeworm and Panther, Burst Out Laughing, The Mighty Strypes, White Colours, UBz, Statix, Cricketers, Westfield, Luxury Glass Town, Egham’s Second Window, Crisis, The Vapors, Scrag End, The Royal, Guildford, Base 3 and ‘interview’ with their bassist Mark Turner, The Cat, an interview with Luke Rendle of Theatre of Hate, reviews of Echo and the Bunnymen with Blue Orchids, and Teardrop Explodes at the Civic Hall, Guildford, venue profiles for The Wooden Bridge, Guildford, University of Surrey, Guildford, The National College of Food Technology, Weybridge and others, it makes for a fascinating read.

Gallery:

Bitch Bitch No.1. Picture courtesy of John Hudson
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Bitch Bitch Issue No.1 Pg22. Picture courtesy of John Hudson