Prontuario Medellín 2021–2022

Prontuario Medellín is a fanzine that captured the essence of Medellin's vibrant punk scene by exploring the diverse subgenres performed locally: hardcore, grindcore, and ultra. Just as the prontuario (criminal record) contains the judicial annotations of a person, the three issues of Prontuario Medellín brought together all the sound, culture, and politics of the time. According to the collective Prontuario Medellín, devoted to rescuing the musical memory of popular culture and underground, the three core values of this independent scene were autonomy, self-sufficiency, and a strident sound. Prontuario Medellín follows the city's zine tradition established by titles like Metal fuerza, Fragmento, Visión rockera, and Nueva fuerza (the last two are part of the RAPMM collection). This fanzine shows how the creativity of the musical scene challenged the traditional narrative that depicted the youth of the 1980s and 90s as criminals and emphasized their role in cultural resistance and critical thinking.