Two Sevens

Two Sevens also ran interviews with politically-conscious punk bands of the day, among them Schwartzeneggar,[9] Back To The Planet,[10] Leatherface[11] and Chumbawamba,[12][13] as well as artists from other musical genres, including the dub-reggae pioneer Dennis Bovell[14] and the calypsonian Mighty Sparrow.

King had been writing for the Chelsea Independent fanzine[16] for a number of years and along with Mason shared an interest in a small press/fanzine tradition they had first discovered through Sniffin' Glue and Chainsaw punk zine.

Although mostly written by King and Mason, Two Sevens drew on contributions from writers such as Susan Hickey and Ian Campbell, illustrators Glenn Ashcroft and Phil Taylor, and the photographer Nigel Dickinson.

[17] Its polemical articles covered a range of subjects – animal rights, the state of British politics, football’s terrace culture and green issues, which it focused on through eyewitness accounts of direct action taken by the radical environmental advocacy group Earth First!

Distributed by AK Press,[22] it was also sold at music gigs and festivals, as well as directly into record shops[23] and the independent bookshops Compendium Books and Housmans.