The punk zine 'Sniffin' Glue' first appeared in 1976.
The full title was Sniffin' Glue and Other Rock 'N' Roll Habits for Punks. Mark Perry launched it in London in July 1976, during the first explosive phase of British punk. Perry wrote, edited, and produced the zine himself, giving it the fast, homemade character that became central to punk's do-it-yourself culture.
Early issues had a tiny circulation of about 50 copies, but readership soon grew dramatically, eventually reaching around 15,000. Because mainstream newspapers and television were slow to cover emerging punk bands, Sniffin' Glue became an important source of photographs, interviews, reviews, and scene news. Its raw presentation was part of its influence: it looked and sounded like the movement it documented.
The title came from the Ramones song 'Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue.' The zine lasted roughly a year and ended in 1977, when Perry worried that it might become absorbed into the mainstream music press. A common mix-up is crediting Sniffin' Glue with the famous three-chord guitar drawing; that illustration first appeared in the 1977 fanzine Sideburns.