15 years of Loud And Quiet
The design got better The history of Loud And Quiet in selected front covers: 2005 – 2020
When I showed the first edition of Loud And Quiet to a friend in January 2005, featuring a violently cropped internet still of Pete Doherty, where I’d clearly guessed the lay of his hair and bluntly hacked off his left hand somewhere between his wrist and elbow, he said, “Oh mate, these are too good to just give away.” He was being a good friend and overly positive; a little condescending, perhaps. I’m pretty sure I saw none of that at the time. “I know,” I probably said, concerned only by whether or not Billboard would sue me for colouring in the holes in my logo’s letters like they did. That’s how deluded I was and remained to be for a long time, at the very least until a friend, Lee Belcher, offered to design the magazine for me, from issue 17 to present day (issue 140). Last month Loud And Quiet reached its 15-year anniversary. So, via some of the covers designed by Lee (and most recently by him and his team at B.A.M.), the following few pages are a celebration of our unexpectedly long run; for all of the artists we’ve met, and for everyone who’s ever contributed an article, review, essay, photograph and/or illustration in order to fill our pages each month. Vol 1, Issue 01 Pete Doherty, January 2005 Photograph by Unknown
VOLUME 1 of Loud And Quiet ran from issue 1 – 29. The first 2 issues were home-printed in black and white. All issues were A5 in size and made up of approximately 32 pages.
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