Robert Eggplant

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Robert Burnett,[1] (born 1973) better known as Robert eggplant, is an American writer, publisher, musician and activist from Pinole, California, United States.

Background

Robert eggplant has been the editor and publisher of the Absolutely Zippo fanzine since 1987. The zine has documented the East Bay punk subculture from a "front-lines" point-of-view, due to eggplant's intimate involvement with this scene. Contributors have included Aaron Cometbus, Larry Livermore, Jesse Michaels, and Billie Joe Armstrong. The zine has been compiled and released in a paperback edition entitled Absolutely Zippo!: Anthology Of A Fanzine 1988-1998.[2]

Robert eggplant was one of the founding members of the seminal East Bay

The Hope Bombs which existed from 1994 until 1996.[citation needed
]

In 1995, he became a member of the S.P.A.M. Records collective and helped organize

independent record labels and playing all-ages shows. He is well known for holding memorable shows in his backyard in Pinole, California, including the last show by Operation Ivy.[citation needed
]

Publications

  • Absolutely Zippo 1989 -
  • Absolutely Zippo: Anthology of a Fanzine, 2006

Discography

Blatz

The Hope Bombs

  • Sex With Euclid, Pug Records (1995)

Harbinger

  • Challenging The Prevailing Judeo-Christian Doomsday Mentality, LP, Riisk (2005)

References

  1. ^ Absolutely Zippo! A Fanzine Anthology, Last Gasp.
  2. ^ "Absolutely Zippo!: Anthology Of A Fanzine 1988-1998". Akpress.org. Retrieved 20 September 2020.