{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Short description|German alternative music magazine}} {{Italic title}} '''''Zillo''''' (or '''''Zillostrierte''''') was a German alternative music magazine, published monthly, originally edited by Rainer "Easy" Ettler. It was in circulation between 1989 and 2014. The headquarters of ''Zillo'' were in [[Lübeck]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Absage erzürnt Zillo Magazin|url=https://www.laut.de/News/Zillo-Festival-Absage-erzuernt-Zillo-Magazin-20-06-2005-3636|access-date=14 July 2020|work=Laut|date=20 June 2005|language=de}}</ref>
==History== The magazine was founded in 1989 under the name ''Zillostrierte'', and three issues were published in [[A5 format]].
The format was changed to the double-size [[A4 format]], and the name was shortened to ''Zillo'' in January 1990 after a four-month break in publication, and the magazine managed to gain circulation of about 50,000 readers. Despite a positive response and an increasing number of readers, the magazine was generating a monthly loss of 10,000 [[Deutsche Marks]]. At the end of 1990 the debt was over 100,000. To avoid bankruptcy, it was decided to increase the retail price. By 1992, circulation had increased to 70,000, and the magazine had become the mouthpiece of indie and goth culture<ref>{{cite book|title=The goth bible|last=Kilpatrick|first=Nancy|date=28 September 2004|publisher=Macmillan|location= New York|isbn=0-312-30696-2|page=85|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EorBFDgqbdAC&q=%22zillo%22+german&pg=PA85}}</ref> as well as the [[Neue Deutsche Welle]] ("new German wave") movement, financed by its [[classifieds]].
In January 2014, a fire destroyed the entire editorial office, the logistics department and storage rooms of ''Zillo''. The editorial staff announced on their website that the planned production of the February and March issues could not be realised.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213080815/http://zillo.de/template.cgi?page=news_detail&id=2669 |archive-date=13 February 2014|title=Zillo-News|work=Zillo official website|date=10 February 2014 |url=http://zillo.de/template.cgi?page=news_detail&id=2669|language=de}}</ref> Later it was announced that the next issue would be released in 2015, but no new issues have been published since.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zillo.de/template.cgi?page=news_detail&id=2669|title=Zillo-News|work=Zillo official website|access-date=28 October 2016|archive-date=13 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213080815/http://zillo.de/template.cgi?page=news_detail&id=2669|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mdr.de/wgt/interview-uwe-roesch-dead-100_page-1_zc-43c28d56.html|title=Der durchschnittliche junge Mann von nebenan, der im Eichensarg schläft|work=Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk|date=4 May 2016|language=de|access-date=28 October 2016}}</ref>
==Contents== ===Music=== ''Zillo'' regularly included a sampler [[compact disc|CD]] which contained both well-known acts and new, lesser-known bands. They regularly released compilation CDs since 1991. The compilation ''Zillo Dark Summer - Best Of Goth Open Airs 2000'' was on the [[German Alternative Charts]] in 2000 for 8 weeks, peaking at number 1.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.public-propaganda.de/charts/2000/dac_alb50.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211140354/http://www.public-propaganda.de/charts/2000/dac_alb50.html|archive-date=11 February 2001|title=DAC top 50 albums of 2000|date=11 February 2001|access-date=9 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''Zillo Festival 2001'' compilation also charted on the DAC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.djcharts.de/jahrescharts2001/index.html|title=Jahrescharts 2001|publisher=Deutsche Alternative Charts|work=DJ Charts|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-date=20 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120060711/http://www.djcharts.de/jahrescharts2001/index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Selected editions also included a second CD, a DVD, a calendar, or gimmicks like an [[ice scraper]]. The following sections appear in ''Zillo Music'': {| border="0" style="width:100%;" | valign="top" width="25%"| * [[Alternative rock]] * [[Big beat]] * [[Crossover (music)|Crossover]] * Dark rock * [[New wave music|Wave]] | valign="top" width="25%"| * [[Electronic body music]] (EBM) * [[Electro (music)|Electro]] * [[Glam rock]] * [[Gothic rock]] * [[Grunge]] | valign="top" width="25%"| * [[Indie rock]] * [[Industrial music|Industrial]] * [[Madchester|Madchester rave]] * [[Heavy metal music|Metal]] * [[Medieval folk rock|Mittelalter rock]] | valign="top" width="25%"| * [[Neofolk]] * [[Post-rock]] * [[Neue Deutsche Härte]] * [[Synthpop]] * [[Trip hop]] |}
===Comics=== An appreciable part of ''Zillo'' were the [[comic strips]]. The first comics were drawn by Nicole Scheriau and Marcus Zysk, from April 1993 and onward, often making fun of the New Wave and [[Goth subculture|Goth]] movements. Scheriau was replaced in September 1995 with [[Uwe Roesch]] and his ''Dead'' comics, which, like Scheriau's, made fun of the Goth scene.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Liisa|last1=Ladouceur|first2=Gary|last2=Pullin|title= Encyclopedia Gothica|page=294|year=2011|publisher=ECW Press|location=Toronto|isbn=978-1-77041-024-4|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqqc3vgu3RMC&q=Nicole+Scheriau&pg=PA294}}</ref> Recently, there were 2-3 comics in every issue with death-specific icons that illustrate individual headings.
==Festival== From 1993 to 1997, ''Zillo'' organized the [[Zillo Festival]]. First planned in 1990, the open-air concert didn't happen until 1993. It has been held in many places, starting in [[Durmersheim]] in 1993 and 1994, then Russelsheim in 1995. Between 1996 and 1999 it took place at the airport in [[Hildesheim]]. This annual music festival turned in to the [[M'era Luna Festival]].
==Zillo Shop== Over the years, the Zillo shop emerged as significant support for the magazine. At both festivals and the online store, Zillo sells such things as T-shirts, sample CDs, mugs, watches, rear window stickers, and accessories with dark, quirky motifs. The shop includes over 100 death-themed images.
==See also== *''[[Sonic Seducer]]''
==External links== * [http://www.zillo.de Zillo's website] * [http://www.zillo-medieval.de Website for Medieval Zillo] * [https://www.meraluna.de website for M'era Luna]
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