Iain McIntyre

Who is Iain McIntyre?

Iain McIntyre is an Australian writer, musician and community radio broadcaster.

In the late 1980s he became involved in environmental and left activism in Perth, Western Australia where he also co-edited his first publication Freakzine and presented a number of music shows for 6UVS/RTRfm.

In 1992 McIntyre moved to Melbourne, Victoria where he continued his involvement in forest defence, squatting and other campaigns and also began co-editing the Melbourne-based fanzine Woozy with Laura MacFarlane. Woozy ran for the best part of a decade and brought DIY currents around music, politics and comics together in one publication. 22 issues, involving over 100 contributors, were produced and more than 20 benefits and launches held.

During the 1990s McIntyre began contributing to, and later co-hosted, Community Radio 3CR’s Squatters and Unwaged Workers Airwaves show. He finished his involvement with the program in the late 2000s, but has continued to produce music and history series for the station since.

In 1996 the first volume of McIntyre’s How To Make Trouble and Influence People series, which documented Australian pranks, hoaxes and political mischief making, was published under the pseudonym of the Question Mark Collective. Two sequels followed, How To Stop Whining and Start Living in 1999, and Revenge of the Troublemaker in 2003. In 2009 Breakdown Press collected all three of the How To Make Trouble And Influence People books into a single volume featuring additional material and interviews with activists and pranksters including John Safran, Uncle Kevin Buzzacott, The Chaser team, Pauline Pantsdown and The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. PM Press will publish a new edition of this collection in 2013.