Denim Delinquent

denim delinquent was an influential rock and roll fanzine of seven issues in total, published from 1971 to 1976. The zine began as a launching pad for the writing of Jymn Parrett and Mark Jones in Ottawa, Ontario.

After the first two Ottawa-based issues, subsequent denim delinquents were published out of Los Angeles by Jymn and Dee Parrett. The content of these issues included articles about music groups playing the Sunset Strip, including the Whisky Au Go Go.

Contributors included Lester Bangs, Jeffrey Morgan (Creem, Alice Cooper, The Stooges), Danny Sugerman and Jeremy Gluck (later of The Barracudas). Interviews and features spanned such groups as:

• Iggy and the Stooges
• Kiss
• Kinks
• New York Dolls
• Mott the Hoople
• Michael Nesmith
• Monty Python

For many years after the demise of denim delinquent, Jymn Parrett continued to write for various Canadian music magazines, including Cheap Thrills, Stagelife and Roxy.