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[[Image:Mrr30.jpg|thumb|125px|Maximum'R'Roll Issue #30]] '''[[Maximum Rock 'N' Roll]]''' is one of the most widely distributed [[zine]]s in the world. It's a monthly fanzine dedicated to supporting and reporting on the underground [[punk]] rock scene.
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[[Image:Dishwasherpete.jpg|thumb|125px|Dishwasher Pete]] '''[[Dishwasher Pete]]''' is the pen name for Pete Jordan, the writer and publisher of the now defunct [[Dishwasher]] [[perzine]]. He's also the author of the book ''DISHWASHER: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States'' that was published May 1st, 2007 by Harper.  
  
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Maximum Rock'N'Roll began as a radio show in 1977 on San Francisco's public radio station KPFA. It was a punk rock show hosted by DJs [[Tim Yohannan]] and [[Jeff Bale]]. Besides playing music, Yohannan and Bale invited punk musicians and fans into the studio, regulars on the show included Ruth Schwartz (owner of Mordam distribution) and Jello Biafra (of the Dead Kennedys).
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For twelve years Pete moved from state to state with the goal of washing dishes in all 50 states of the US and writing about it. When Dishwasher Pete's story reached the mainstream, he was invited to appear on ''Late Night with David Letterman''. As a joke he sent an imposter in his place who Letterman believed to be Pete, making for one of the more infamous moments in zining. The story was retold in issue #12 of Dishwasher.  
  
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Maximum Rock'N'Roll zine first appeared in 1982 as the newsprint booklet included in the "Not So Quiet on the Western Front" compilation LP, released on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles. The format of MRR was modeled to some extent after Tim Tonooka's [[Ripper]] zine. The zine included band interviews, columns, reviews, and scene reports from around the U.S. With Yohannan at the helm as editor/zine coordinator, MRR blossomed into a thick monthly newsprint zine with wide distribution (due in no small part because of it's distribution through Mordam).
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Pete has also contributed to the NPR radio show ''This American Life''.
  
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Dishwasher Pete
Dishwasher Pete is the pen name for Pete Jordan, the writer and publisher of the now defunct Dishwasher perzine. He's also the author of the book DISHWASHER: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States that was published May 1st, 2007 by Harper.

For twelve years Pete moved from state to state with the goal of washing dishes in all 50 states of the US and writing about it. When Dishwasher Pete's story reached the mainstream, he was invited to appear on Late Night with David Letterman. As a joke he sent an imposter in his place who Letterman believed to be Pete, making for one of the more infamous moments in zining. The story was retold in issue #12 of Dishwasher.

Pete has also contributed to the NPR radio show This American Life.

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