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Dave Stimson, Touch & Go Co-Founder and Hardcore Punk Pioneer, Dies

Chris DeVille

4d ago· 2 min readenNews

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Dave Stimson, co-founder of the influential '80s hardcore punk zine, record label, and distribution company Touch & Go, has passed away. The news was shared by Touch & Go's Corey Rusk on Instagram, who paid tribute to Stimson's unique role as the linguistically minimalist counterpart to Tesco's verbose storytelling in the Touch & Go Fanzine days.

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Twitter / XDave Stimson, Touch & Go Co-Founder and Hardcore Punk Pioneer, Diesstereogum.com

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Today is a sad day. Touch and Go co-founder Dave Stimson has passed away.

I spent last night reminiscing and telling DS stories with Tesco. Bittersweet.

Back in the Touch and Go Fanzine days, Tesco was the master of verbose storytelling. Although Dave was his linguistically minimalist counterpart, Dave could convey a...

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Dave Stimson, co-founder of the pioneering ’80s hardcore punk zine, record label, and distribution company Touch & Go, has died. Stimson reportedly passed away Wednesday. Touch & Go’s Corey Rusk posted the news to the label’s Instagram account today along

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