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 began as a fanzine in 1994 by Richard Rose under the alias Rosey R*E*P*E*A*T. Initially an unstructured tribute to Manic Street Preachers' literary and energetic impact, it developed into later issues to include articles on local music scenes, socialist and anti-racist concerns, and other outspoken opinions.