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Tim Yohannan (August 15, 1945 – April 3, 1998), also known as Tim Yo, was the founder of Maximum Rocknroll, a radio and fanzine documenting punk subculture in San Francisco. He also helped in establishing a number of DIY collectives, such as 924 Gilman Street,Seth Hindin, "Punk Publisher Tim Yohannan Dead At 52," Rolling Stone, April 7, 1998. Blacklist Mailorder, and the Epicenter Zone record store.
As a self-appointed "punks' herdsman", Yohannan had a reputation as being notoriously difficult. "Bad Tase is in the Majority: Interview with Tim Yohannan and Jen Angel of Maximumrock'n'roll, Part 1," Razorcake, October 18, 2011.
Yohannan died at 53 on April 3, 1998 from complications from lymphatic cancer.Gil Kaufman, "Punk ‘Zine Publisher Tim Yohannan Dead At 52: Maximumrocknroll Fostered Bay Area Punk-Rock Scene that Eventually Spawned Green Day and Rancid," MTV.com, April 6, 1998.
The band Green Day recorded the song "Platypus (I Hate You)" on their 1997 album Nimrod. The song does not directly mention Yohannan. However, frontman Billie Joe Armstrong tweeted on February 17, 2011 (and deleted the tweet a few hours later), "Platypus was written for Tim Yohanon. And I pray to god I misspelled his name. Rest in shit you fucking cunt".Aska, "Song of the Week: 'Platypus (I Hate You),'" Green Day Authority, February 13, 2012. It is also widely believed that songs "86" and "Ha Ha You're Dead" (from Insomniac and Shenanigans respectively) are about him, although nothing is confirmed.
The NOFX song "I'm Telling Tim" from their 1997 album So Long and Thanks for All the Shoes was also about Yohannan.
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