founder v. vale headquarters san francisco united states products books website researchpubs.com re search publications is an american magazine and book publisher based in san francisco founded by its editor v. vale in 1980 . in a few references andrea juno was also credited as an editor . however it was the successor to vale s earlier punk rock fanzine search & destroy 1977 1979 which was started with 200 provided to vale by allen ginsberg and lawrence ferlinghetti . 1 re search itself began as a tabloid sized magazine . contents 1 history 2 select bibliography 2.1 search & destroy 2.2 re search numbered volumes 2.3 other re search titles 3 references 4 external links history edit monochrom s arse elektronika anthologies pr0nnovation and do androids sleep with electric sheep published by re search and monochrom the debut issue of search & destroy 1977 named after the stooges song focused on the emerging punk and new wave scene with articles on mabuhay gardens the hottest venue for punk in the city and interviews with the local bands crime vermilion and the nuns . 2 the first issue of re search 1980 3 had photographs by ruby ray and articles on factrix the slits conspiracies written by jay kinney young marble giants boyd rice s non cabaret voltaire sun ra flashcards japan j. g. ballard julio cort zar rhythm & noise soldier of fortune magazine throbbing gristle nuclear disaster situationism octavio paz and punk prostitutes . it was distributed by rough trade . following the third issue issues 4 and 5 were collected as a single volume a special book issue . subsequent issues all retained the book format . re search has published books on various underground topics . titles include pranks incredibly strange films and modern primitives and the subject matter includes profiles of william s. burroughs j. g. ballard and others . re search was the subject of a special issue of the european journal of american studies august 2011 vol . 30 issue 2 including an examination of the growth and decline of re search as a commercial enterprise dedicated to documenting and in effect marketing selected countercultural trends that suggests the internet has provided a more efficient means of transmitting subcultural memes rendering re search commercially and otherwise unviable as a promoter and popularizer of subcultural trends and tendencies . 4 select bibliography edit search & destroy edit search & destroy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 tabloid format zine . re search publications 1977 1979 . re search numbered volumes edit re search 1 2 and 3 tabloid format zine . re search publications 1980 1981 . re search 4 5 william s. burroughs brion gysin throbbing gristle . re search publications 1982 . isbn 0 9650469 1 5 re search 6 7 industrial culture handbook . re search publications 1983 . isbn 0 940642 07 7 re search 6 7 industrial culture handbook limited hardback edition . re search publications 2006 . isbn 978 1 889307 16 9 re search 8 9 j. g. ballard . re search publications 1984 . isbn 0 940642 08 5 re search 10 incredibly strange films re search publications 1986 . isbn 0 940642 09 3 re search 11 pranks . re search publications 1986 . isbn 0 9650469 8 2 re search 12 modern primitives . re search publications 1989 . isbn 0 940642 14 x re search 13 angry women . re search publications 1992 . isbn 0 940642 24 7 re search 14 incredibly strange music vol . i. re search publications 1993 . isbn 0 940642 22 0 re search 15 incredibly strange music vol . ii . re search publications 1994 . isbn 0 940642 21 2 re search 16 the re search guide to bodily fluids paul spinrad 1994 . isbn 0 940642 28 x reissued by juno books 1999 . isbn 1 890451 04 5 other re search titles edit the atrocity exhibition j. g. ballard . revised large format paperback edition with annotations by the author and illustrations by phoebe gloeckner . re search publications 1990 . isbn 0 940642 18 2 bob flanagan super masochist bob flanagan 1993 . isbn 0 940642 25 5 freaks we who are not as others daniel p. mannix isbn 0 9651042 5 7 modern pagans an investigation of contemporary ritual 2001 isbn 1 889307 10 6 punk 77 james stark 2006 . isbn 1 889307 14 9 v. vale ed . 1997 zines vol . i. isbn 0 9650469 0 7 v. vale ed . 1997 zines vol . ii . isbn 0 9650469 2 3 v. vale ed . 1997 search & destroy volume i issues 1 6 . isbn 1 889307 00 9 v. vale ed . 1997 search & destroy volume ii issues 7 11 . isbn 0 9650469 4 x v. vale ed . 2001 real conversations no. 1 . isbn 1 889307 09 2 v. vale ed . 2005 . j.g. ballard conversations excerpts . re search publications . isbn 1 889307 13 0 v. vale ed . and mike ryan ed . 2005 . j.g. ballard quotes excerpts . re search publications . isbn 1 889307 12 2 references edit carpenter susan august 13 2002 re search goes to the source s mouth to document fringe culture los angeles times pp . e. 1 retrieved march 6 2010 http www.abaa.org book 659516377 http www.ebay.com itm re search issue 1 1980 original zine magazine throbbing gristle research 261821792488 lucas michael 2011 08 30 . re search in context . european journal of american culture . 30 2 83 98 . doi 10.1386 ejac .30.2.83 1 . issn 1466 0407 . retrieved 2012 01 28 . external links edit official website search & destroy reprints a review of re search s latest publications j.g. ballard quotes & j.g. ballard conversations retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title re search & oldid 743700755 categories american political magazinesbook publishing companies based in san franciscocompanies based in san franciscomagazines established in 1980magazines published in californiasmall press publishing companiespunk mediapublishing companies established in 1980 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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