Adventures in reality 1980–2012

Operated by art school graduate Alan Rider out of Coventry in the British Midlands, Adventures in reality was published in 12 issues (labeled A to L) from 1980 to 1984 with a special edition released as issue “M” in 2012. The zine highlighted the local alternative music scene, and its associated cassette label, Adventures in Reality Recordings, released many of the earliest recordings of Coventary’s industrial, proto-goth band, Attrition. British indie and experimental groups from further afield-–Flux of Pink Indians, Bauhaus, and Eyeless in Gaza—were also featured, while the zine and its sound recordings circulated widely; for example, the compilation recording The last supper was distributed internationally by the independent label Rough Trade Records. Individual issues of the zine came with gifts that ranged from tea bags to flexi disc sound recordings. Rider later established several other zines, which are also available on RAPMM: Sticky fingers, Certain substances, Negative reaction, and Not the job hunter.