"Kerrang! Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to hard rock and. heavy metal music, currently published by Wasted Talent (the same company that owns electronic music publication Mixmag). It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the ""Sounds"" newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar, ""Kerrang!"" was initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music weekly. ""Kerrang!"" was founded in 1981."
"instruments of all kinds. Major music magazines in the United States include ""Rolling Stone"" (founded in 1967), ""Down Beat"" (founded in 1934), and ""Spin"" (founded in 1985). ""Clash"" magazine was voted Music Magazine of the Year in 2004 and is the second largest UK online presence. ""Clash"" was also Awarded Magazine of the Year at the PPA Scotland Awards. ""Alternative Press"" has more of an ""underground"" coverage including pop punk, post-hardcore and metalcore. Among classical music magazines, ""Diapason"" is the most read in France. An example of a nostalgia magazine is ""Keep Rockin',"" a 1950s and 1960s nostalgia magazine. The"
"the guitar's role in rock music, by Charles Shaar Murray; a piece by Nick Tosches on the ""devil's music"" aspect of Jerry Lee Lewis' work; and an overview of the role of female artists in the 1950s, by John Pidgeon. Other writers and critics who contributed to the magazine between 1981 and 1984 include Chris Welch, Barry Miles, Penny Valentine, Chris Salewicz, Lenny Kaye, Tom Hibbert, Greg Shaw, John Tobler, Steve Turner, Bob Woffinden and Ken Hunt. In 2015, the title was adopted by the publishers of ""Uncut"" for a new magazine covering key events in rock history by year."
"Westlife and many others. Bass Guitar (magazine) Bass Guitar is a UK-based music magazine established in 2003 and continuing to the present day. The magazine was originally a bi-monthly publication until 2009 when it became monthly. The magazine has featured articles and tuition columns from a long list of world-renowned bassists, including Nick Beggs, pop and progressive rock veteran; Jeff Berlin, jazz legend; Steve Lawson, solo artist; Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse; Suzy Starlite of the Starlite Campbell Band; Paolo Gregoletto of Trivium; Michael McKeegan of Therapy?; Ruth Goller, jazz educator and session bassist; and Paul Geary, session bassist with"
"Bass Guitar (magazine) Bass Guitar is a UK-based music magazine established in 2003 and continuing to the present day. The magazine was originally a bi-monthly publication until 2009 when it became monthly. The magazine has featured articles and tuition columns from a long list of world-renowned bassists, including Nick Beggs, pop and progressive rock veteran; Jeff Berlin, jazz legend; Steve Lawson, solo artist; Alex Webster of Cannibal Corpse; Suzy Starlite of the Starlite Campbell Band; Paolo Gregoletto of Trivium; Michael McKeegan of Therapy?; Ruth Goller, jazz educator and session bassist; and Paul Geary, session bassist with George Michael, Lisa Stansfield,"
"acts on the cover (like Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Poison, and Venom) but later discarded them when grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame. Readers often criticise the magazine for repeating this process every time a new musical trend becomes popular. The term ""thrash metal"" was first referred to in the music press by ""Kerrang!"" journalist Malcolm Dome while making a reference to the Anthrax song ""Metal Thrashing Mad"" in issue number 62, page 8 published on 23 February 1984. Prior to this Metallica's James Hetfield referred to their sound as power metal. ""Kerrang!""s popularity rose again"
"finger-tapping and ... jaw-dropping whammy-bar abuse"". In 1979, Roth left Scorpions to begin his own power trio, named ""Electric Sun"". His debut album ""Earthquake"" contained ""... heaps of spellbinding fret gymnastics ... and nimble-fingered classical workouts."" In 1978, a ""heretofore unknown guitarist named Eddie Van Halen"" from Los Angeles released ""'Eruption', a blistering aural assault of solo electric guitar"" which featured rapid ""tapping"", which ""had rarely been heard in a rock context before"". Chris Yancik argues that it is this ""record, above any other, that spawned the genre of Shred."" ""Guitar Player""'s article ""Blast Into Hyperspace With The Otherworldly Power"
"with Dundurn Press in April 2014. The book also featured a foreword by Alan Frew, the lead singer of Canadian rock band Glass Tiger. Music Express (magazine) Music Express (abbreviated ""ME"" on later covers) is a Canadian music magazine. Published as a print magazine from 1976 to 1996, it ceased operations that year but has since been relaunched as an online magazine. Founded in 1976 as ""Alberta Music Express"" by Keith Sharp, it was renamed ""Music Express"" in 1978 for most of its run, also becoming ""Rock Express"" for the duration of 1986 to 1988. Initially published in a tabloid"
"Applebee and journalism graduate Thomas Frost. In 2012, they secured the first independent music magazine interview with Flying Lotus ahead of his fourth studio album Until The Quiet Comes. Crack Magazine Crack Magazine is a monthly independent music and culture magazine distributed across Europe. Founded in Bristol in 2009, the magazine has featured acts such a Björk, MF Doom, Lil Yachty, FKA twigs, Gorillaz and Queens of the Stone Age on the cover. The team remain based in Bristol, working from Studio 31 on Berkeley Square. The team behind the magazine are also involved with the curation of Simple Things"
"his ""Spotlight"" column in ""Guitar Player"" magazine in 1982 as a vehicle for discovering preeminent talent among the magazine's readership. His monthly column featured many so-called hometown heroes who sent in demos to showcase their abilities. Several players who were featured received opportunities to record with Shrapnel Records. Blues Bureau International, founded in 1991, is a label that has focused its attention on the blues rock genre. Through the years the label has recorded many artists including twelve Pat Travers records, six Rick Derringer records, as well as records by other rock blues artists such as Eric Gales, five records,"
"in the December issue, those of the critics' poll in the August issue. Popular features of ""DownBeat"" magazine include its ""Reviews"" section where jazz critics, using a '1-Star to 5-Star' maximum rating system, rate the latest musical recordings, vintage recordings, and books; articles on individual musicians and music forms; and its famous ""Blindfold Test"" column, in a which a musician listens to records by other artists, tries to guess who they are, and rates them using the 5-star maximum rating system. In April 1979, ""DownBeat"" went to a monthly schedule for the first time since 1939. ""DownBeat"" was named Jazz"
"editorial direction of Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers as a publication of String Letter Publishing of Richmond, California. String Letter had previously been established in 1985 as the publisher of ""Strings"", a magazine oriented towards players of bowed string instruments. The first issue featured the first in a series of columns written by Sharon Isbin, a biography on Robert Johnson, a profile of Bruce Cockburn's song craft, and commentary on the ""new"" MTV Unplugged series. The issue also included musical works for guitar in various styles including folk, classical, and jazz. In its first year of publication, ""Acoustic Guitar"" won the Western"
"Guitar World Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists, published since July 1980. It contains original interviews, album and gear reviews, and guitar and bass tablature of approximately five songs each month. The magazine is published 13 times per year (12 monthly issues and a holiday issue). Formerly owned by Harris Publications, Future US bought the magazine in 2003. In 2012, NewBay Media bought the Music division of Future US. The latter company also published a spin-off title, Guitar Legends, each issue of which typically combined past articles from ""Guitar World"" under a specific theme. The first"
"topics such as playing techniques or new products. Additionally, it includes reviews of new recordings and drum products (cymbals, drums, hardware), short news items, career and health tips, and challenging lessons. The magazine was started by Andy Doerschuk, Phil Hood, and Connie Hood in 1991. The first issue appeared in September, 1991, with Charlie Benante of the band Anthrax and session drummer Joe Franco on the cover. At the time it was a tabloid-sized magazine that was distributed free musical equipment stores and record shops within California. In 1996 the magazine converted to a conventional glossy format and began global"
"inform and entertain readers. Today, these remain the basic goals of the magazine. Though ""The Music Trader"" was a publication for all types of instruments, the majority of advertisements and articles were guitar-centric. In 1989, publisher Alan Greenwood changed its name to ""Vintage Guitar"" magazine because he felt it better represented the publication. From 1993–1997, ""Vintage Guitar"" also published the periodical ""VG Classics"". Much like the monthly, it focused on classic guitars and amps but in a traditionally-sized format on thicker, glossy stock and employing layouts designed to highlight the artistic photography commissioned for its use. In 2001, ""VG"" began"
"other British magazines such as ""Select"" and ""Sounds"" also folded between 1990 and 2000. Current UK music magazines include ""Q"", ""Kerrang!"" and ""Mojo"" (all published by EMAP). Magazines with a focus on pop music rather than rock and aimed at a younger market include the now-defunct ""Smash Hits"" and the BBC's ""Top of the Pops"", which outlived the television show on which it was based. The longest running music magazine of the UK is ""BMG"", founded in 1903 by Clifford Essex. BMG, which stands for Banjo, Mandolin, and Guitar, is the oldest fretted instrument focused publication and actively promotes acoustic"
"Stones, Mod, Nirvana, and the solo years of the Beatles. The series has had several editors, the most prominent of whom have been Steve Sutherland and Chris Hunt. The most recent issue of NME Originals was published in 2005. NME New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. During the period 1972 to 1976, it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism,"
"of ""Rolling Stone"", are high-profile fans of the magazine. Shindig! (magazine) Shindig! is a popular music magazine that is published monthly in the United Kingdom. It has been published by Silverback Publishing since 2015. Before that it was published by Volcano Publishing from 2007. ""Shindig!"" was founded by Jon 'Mojo' Mills in 1992 and was initially published under the name ""Gravedigger"" as a photocopied fanzine that covered garage-punk music. The name ""Shindig!"" was adopted in 1994 to better reflect the broader content of the magazine and pay homage to the American Broadcasting Corporation show of the same name, which brought"
"DownBeat DownBeat (stylized DOWNBEAT) is an American magazine devoted to ""jazz, blues and beyond"", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after the ""downbeat"" in music, also called ""beat one"", or the first beat of a musical measure. ""DownBeat"" publishes results of annual surveys of both its readers and critics in a variety of categories. The ""DownBeat"" Jazz Hall of Fame includes winners from both the readers' and critics' poll. The results of the readers' poll are published"
"sales. ""Sounds"" publisher exploited his support of the movement to launch the first issue of ""Kerrang!"", a colour magazine directed by Geoff Barton devoted exclusively to hard rock and heavy metal, in June 1981. ""Kerrang!"" was an unexpected success and soon became the reference magazine for metalheads worldwide, followed shortly by the American ""Circus"" and ""Hit Parader"", the German ""Metal Hammer"" and the British ""Metal Forces"". The attention of international media meant more record sales and more world tours for NWOBHM bands, whose albums entered many foreign charts. Their attempts to climb the British charts culminated in Iron Maiden's ""The"
"Brum Beat Brum Beat was a monthly magazine about the music of Birmingham, England, and the neighbouring towns. The magazine was started in 1970 as ""Midlands Beat"" by promoter and band-manager Jim Simpson, who sold it to its latter editor, Steve Morris, who in turn relaunched it in newspaper format as ""The Beat"", before converting it into a website. It took its original name from the term coined in the late 1950s to collectively describe the City's music scene, in the manner of the Mersey sound. It has been suggested that The Moody Blues, formed in May 1964, were the"
"first of the ""Brum Beat"" bands to become internationally famous. other bands such as the Spencer Davis Group were members of the Brum Beat scene. Brum Beat Brum Beat was a monthly magazine about the music of Birmingham, England, and the neighbouring towns. The magazine was started in 1970 as ""Midlands Beat"" by promoter and band-manager Jim Simpson, who sold it to its latter editor, Steve Morris, who in turn relaunched it in newspaper format as ""The Beat"", before converting it into a website. It took its original name from the term coined in the late 1950s to collectively describe"
"headliners for the 1981 and 1982 events. The 1980 edition was also remarkable for the violent protests against Def Leppard, whose declared interest in the American market was received badly by British fans. In addition to Reading, a new festival called Monsters of Rock was created in 1980 at Castle Donington, England, to showcase only hard rock and heavy metal acts. The NWOBHM eventually found space in newspapers and music magazines other than ""Sounds"", as journalists caught up with the ""next big thing"" happening in the UK. ""Melody Maker"" even published a weekly heavy metal chart based on record shop"
"music, including the books ""Sexing the Groove: Popular Music and Gender"" (Routledge, 1997), and ""Riot Grrrl. Revolution Girl Style Now!"" (Black Dog, 2009). Ablaze! (magazine) Ablaze! is a British indie music fanzine, produced in Manchester and Leeds, that ran for ten issues between 1987 and 1993, and returned for an eleventh issue in 2015. The fanzine has been made the subject of a book, titled ""The City Is Ablaze!"", published by Mittens On in 2012. In the 1980s Ablaze! was an early champion of UK ""noisenik"" bands, such as Dog Faced Hermans, The Wedding Present and the Walkingseeds, and US"
"explained that the title of the magazine referred to the 1950 blues song ""Rollin' Stone"", recorded by Muddy Waters and Bob Dylan's hit single ""Like a Rolling Stone"": In the 1970s, ""Rolling Stone"" began to make a mark with its political coverage, with the likes of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson writing for the magazine's political section. Thompson first published his most famous work ""Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"" within the pages of ""Rolling Stone"", where he remained a contributing editor until his death in 2005. In the 1970s, the magazine also helped launch the careers of many prominent"
"switched to ten times a year. According to ""The Guardian"" in 2010, the magazine was selling 22,000 copies an issue, half the circulation of the ""NME"". Journalist and broadcaster Gavin Esler described it in 2014 as ""one of the few music magazines I can think of whose circulation is healthy"". On 19 December 2016, TeamRock called in the administrators with the loss of 70 jobs, after experiencing financial difficulties. TeamRock's stable of titles including ""Classic Rock"", ""Metal Hammer"", and ""Prog"", temporarily suspended publication. On 8 January 2017, ""Prog"", along with sister magazines ""Classic Rock"" and ""Metal Hammer"", were bought by"
"style. The paper also became more openly political during the time of punk. Its cover would sometimes feature youth-orientated issues rather than a musical act. It took an editorial stance against political parties like the National Front. With the election of Margaret Thatcher in 1979 the paper took a broadly socialist stance for much of the following decade. In the 1980s, the ""NME"" became the most important music paper in the country. It released the influential ""C81"" in 1981, in conjunction with Rough Trade Records, available to readers by mail order at a low price. The tape featured a number"
"which he follows a ""Mojo""-inspired playlist. Mojo (magazine) Mojo is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine ""Q"", publishers Emap were looking for a title that would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music. ""Mojo"" was first published on 15 October 1993; in keeping with its classic rock aesthetic, the first issue had Bob Dylan and John Lennon as its first cover stars. Noted for its in-depth coverage of both popular and cult acts, it acted as the inspiration for"
"Premier Guitar Premier Guitar is an American magazine devoted to guitarists. Founded in 2007, it is based in Marion, Iowa, and has an editorial staff composed of experienced musicians. Content includes instructional material, guitar gear reviews, and guitar news. Interviews have included guitarists such as Pete Townshend of The Who, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Guthrie Govan, Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon, and Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick of Megadeth. The magazine is published online for free, and includes multimedia such as instructional videos and podcasts. The magazine also has a free weekly"
"a column called ""Spotlight"" for ""Guitar Player"" magazine in 1982, featured Malmsteen in his February 1983 column. The record executive flew Yngwie to California and set him up with vocalist Ron Keel's new band called Steeler. Steeler's self-titled album became a best selling release for Shrapnel Records. The Shrapnel Records label and a growing worldwide interest in virtuoso ""neoclassical-fusion"" guitar playing helped launch the careers of dozens of other technically adept guitarists such as David T. Chastain, Vinnie Moore, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Bruce Bouillet, Joey Tafolla, Jason Becker, Michelle Meldrum and Nicole Couch (Phantom Blue), Greg Howe, Richie Kotzen,"
"Crawdaddy (magazine) Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966. It was created by Paul Williams, a Swarthmore College student at the time, in response to the increasing sophistication and cultural influence of popular music. The magazine was named after the Crawdaddy Club in London and published occasionally during its early years with an exclamation point, as Crawdaddy! According to ""The New York Times"", ""Crawdaddy"" was ""the first magazine to take rock and roll seriously"", while the magazine's rival ""Rolling Stone"" acknowledged it as ""the first serious publication devoted to rock & roll news and criticism"". Preceding both"
"Facebook page has over 250,000 followers. Premier Guitar Premier Guitar is an American magazine devoted to guitarists. Founded in 2007, it is based in Marion, Iowa, and has an editorial staff composed of experienced musicians. Content includes instructional material, guitar gear reviews, and guitar news. Interviews have included guitarists such as Pete Townshend of The Who, Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones, Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Guthrie Govan, Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon, and Dave Mustaine and Chris Broderick of Megadeth. The magazine is published online for free, and includes multimedia such as instructional videos and podcasts. The"
"this was changed to simply 'The Guitar Magazine'. In the June 2014 edition, ""Guitarist"" celebrated its 30th Anniversary. One of the key features of ""Guitarist"" is its large and in-depth gear reviews section, which is produced by some of the most respected and experienced guitar writers in the world, including Dave Burrluck, Neville Marten and Mick Taylor. The gear aspect of the magazine covers reviews of all the latest guitar equipment from major and boutique makers from around the world. As well as electric guitars and acoustic guitars, the magazine also reviews guitar amplifiers, effects pedals, electric basses and various"