Editor(s): Ray Hurford First issue: 1978 No. of issues: Ongoing and includes various incarnations, More Axe, Small Axe files, etc Country of issue:   UK Availability: Recent issues from main reggae retailers; also online Similar to 'Pressure Drop' in its presentation, this street level publication is possibly the most influential of all reggae fanzines. Few reggae fans and writers would not have read it at some point. The early issues had a certain appeal with their ramshackle aesthetic that gave them the vitality of a political monograph. The writing rises above the vacuous 'one love' platitudes that can creep into much reggae music criticism.