R*E*P*E*A*T began as a fanzine, started in 1994 by Cambridge schoolteacher Richard Rose under his stage name Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T. Originally a messy cut and paste homage to the literature and adrenaline fuelled genius of Manic Street Preachers, it grew in subsequent issues to include articles about the local and national music scene, socialist and anti-racist issues and other polemical rants, images, poems and opinions.
R*E*P*E*A*T started as a fanzine in 1994 by Richard Rose, using the pseudonym Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T. Initially an unpolished tribute to Manic Street Preachers' work, it expanded into later issues to cover local and national music news, left-wing and anti-racist topics, and other passionate declarations.