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Kingdom Come (Fife's first Music Fanzine) This page is respectfully dedicated to the memory of the late great Johnny Waller.

Fife's first ever music fanzine / punkzine, 'Kingdom Come' was owned, edited and largely written by the late, great Johnny Waller, ably assisted by a few friends and other contributors including: Sandy Fenwick, JJ, Gordon, TV, Richard, Linus Straite, Dennis W Jubb, Ronnie Gurr, Walter Sandra Short, Shona Street, Michael Scott, Alistair J Morrison, Martin Bundy, Bernard, Lorna Munro, Dave Case, Peter J Mitchell, Nick A & Simon Pannell.

Johnny was a music enthusiast whose interest inspired him to begin writing about the burgeoning punk / new wave music scene locally in Dunfermline and beyond from the fans' point of view and so 'Kingdom Come' was born using a typewriter, scissors, paste, Leteraset, pen, paper and photocopier. He also became manager to an Edinburgh band 'Visitors' & owner of a short-lived independent record label 'Deep Cuts' also in Edinburgh (two 7" discs were released on Deep Cuts - 'Visitors': Electric Heat EP and 'The Fakes': Production - both in 1979).

He was also author of 'Sweet Dreams: The Definitive Biography of Eurythmics' (1985) and frequent contributor to the weekly pages of our professional UK music press such as Sounds, New Musical Express, Record Mirror & Zig Zag. Relocating to London he co-founded Fire Records and also ran a photo agency there. A family man, he was tragically killed in a bicycle accident in Islington, London on October 8th 1996 aged only 40.

A talented footballer and though owner of a fearsome temper, Johnny was a gentleman and championed many Scottish bands during the punk/new wave era and was a much respected professional music journalist who is sorely missed even today.

Issue one of 'Kingdom Come' was published on September 29th 1977 and was available to purchase (for the princely sum of £0.15 per copy) in a variety of outlets, often record shops. There were at least seventeen issues published until sometime late 1979). By this time the cover price had risen to a heady £0.20 and demands on Johnny's time were becoming too great to continue with it.

Copies may be viewed here http://www.kinemagigz.com/kingdom_come.htm