Bam balam 1975–1982

Bam balam was a 1970s zine covering 1960s garage rock, power pop, and psychedelia. Lenny Kaye’s Nuggets: Original artyfacts from the first psychedelic era, a compilation album of 1960s psychedelic and garage rock released in 1972, was an inspiration for the publication, while the title was derived from a song by Flamin’ Groovies, a Californian rock band much influenced by the British invasion. Bam balam’s Scottish founder, Brian Hogg, championed groups like The Misunderstood, The Birds, The Droogs, The Kinks, The Yardbirds, The Seeds, and The Creation. Profiles of these groups and others include extensive discographies. Many of the groups featured in the zine were also highly regarded in punk circles and the editor of the seminal punk zine Sniffin' Glue, Mark Perry, cited Bam Balam as an inspiration. Hogg subsequently published the monograph The history of Scottish rock and pop: All that ever mattered (Enfield: Guiness, 1993).