Coolest Retard

The Coolest Retard was the one of the original fanzines for Chicago punk rock. Steve Albini said in the liner notes to the Basement Screams CD reissue that it was the "one fanzine" for the scene's earliest days.

Staff

 * Craig Schmidt - Editor
 * Karen Wherle
 * Sinclair Elrod
 * Diane Dittrich
 * John Von Damen

Address

 * 2042 N. Bissell, Chicago IL