Does anyone here have a soft spot for any old mags that have now bitten the dust.

 

I always had a soft spot for Sounds and was gutted when that folded.

Then had to switch to melody Maker even though some of it was pretentious drivel although it did have Simon Reynolds and The Stud Brothers.

 

Then I also got Vox even though I hated the NME.

I also read Raw on occasion for the metal news (never been a big Kerrang reader)

 

Also used to nick my sister's Smash Hits and read that as well.

 

God I used to read so much about music. Guess the internet fills most of my needs now apart from the odd Mojo (because I'm an old fart!)

The Face is the one I miss most.

 

Glad I kept all my issues, too, from issue 1 to the final one - the whole set's worth a fortune now

 

As a kid, Look-in was my favourite, and No.1 and Smash Hits :naughty:

No 1 had the best writing of any teen mag. Some of the stuff they put in it you couldn't believe, much better than Smash Hits. Pete Waterman wrote the most outrageous column EVER where he'd say things like Bowie was the 'star of the 80's' and shop assistants who snigger when people buy Kylie and Jason records should be sacked. Once he produced figures to prove CDs sales (against those of vinyl) were a complete fabrication. Select and Vox weren't bad but they fell into the trap of becoming Oasis fanzines and we had Mojo, Q and Melody Maker for that. The Face was good until '94 then it sucked, big time.

 

I'd give UnCut another year.....tops. Q should have folded the issues they gave 5 star ratings to Be Here Now and The Great Escape :lol:

Smash Hits was ace until 1992 when they had a 'makeover' and replaced their trademark humour with East 17 pull-out posters. I switched to the NME at that point which was ace until they had a 'makeover' around 1998 and replaced their trademark humour and informed writers with FULL COLOUR PAGES and d!*kh**d YTS journos with a Verve obsession. At the same time I read Select magazine which was ace until they had a 'makeover' around 1996 and replaced anything of any consequence in the magazine with free cover CDs and utter, utter $h!te journalism.

 

I also used to read Rage magazine, the short-lived Gary Crowley edited mag. It folded far too early.

 

Don't get anything now - Clash seemed good for a while, but has become a victim of trend and Plan B just seems to clever for its own good.

Interview magazine is still great - fantastic design, photography... but, being American, the music side is a bit dated and off-the-mark.

Smash Hits was ace until 1992 when they had a 'makeover' and replaced their trademark humour with East 17 pull-out posters. I switched to the NME at that point which was ace until they had a 'makeover' around 1998 and replaced their trademark humour and informed writers with FULL COLOUR PAGES and d!*kh**d YTS journos with a Verve obsession. At the same time I read Select magazine which was ace until they had a 'makeover' around 1996 and replaced anything of any consequence in the magazine with free cover CDs and utter, utter $h!te journalism.

 

You've pretty much summed up why music journalism has gone to the dogs in this country... Too many once decent music mags having "make-overs" and stupid, needless editorial policy changes.. You missed out probably the worst make-over "makeover" though, the Melody Maker one, in which they basically tried to take on Kerrang, their readers (including myself) deserted them in droves, and MM went totally t*ts up after over 70 years of journalistic history.... :wacko: Unbelievably catastrophic journalistic suicide....

 

True - I was more of an NME reader so it didn't affect me, but I remember looking at it in the newsagent's and thinking "I'll give you 6 months at best"

Remember when Record Mirror went from a newspaper to a magazine? :blink:

Used to buy Record Mirror every week in the 70's and 80's.

You've pretty much summed up why music journalism has gone to the dogs in this country... Too many once decent music mags having "make-overs" and stupid, needless editorial policy changes.. You missed out probably the worst make-over "makeover" though, the Melody Maker one, in which they basically tried to take on Kerrang, their readers (including myself) deserted them in droves, and MM went totally t*ts up after over 70 years of journalistic history.... :wacko: Unbelievably catastrophic journalistic suicide....

 

I think that makeover was one last throw of the dice for MM. It couldn't last against NME saleswise so it was that or nothing. Maybe they should have chosen nothing...

I bought Smash Hits from the beginning of 1984 until mid 1987, when I moved on to Q magazine which I bought religiously until it declined rapidly in the late 1990s.

 

I was a big fan of writers Tom Hibbert, David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Stuart Maconie, Ian Cranna, David Quantick, Danny Kelly & Danny Baker - most of whom would frequently write for the weekly 'inkleys' NME, Melody Maker & Sounds as well.

 

I now thumb magazines in WHSmiths during my work lunch-hour. The Word looks the magazine most suited to my music & entertainment tastes.

I'd give UnCut another year.....tops. Q should have folded the issues they gave 5 star ratings to Be Here Now and The Great Escape :lol:

 

Q mag are struggling so much they are gonna have another redesign and guess what dudes?!?!? yep the free cover mount cd returns as well (after saying well obv everyones gonna downloads out playlist :lol: we dont need one :lol: )

 

I bought Smash Hits from the beginning of 1984 until mid 1987, when I moved on to Q magazine which I bought religiously until it declined rapidly in the late 1990s.

 

does anyone remember sh! in the late 1990s when it was massively big and square?? even tho it was full of the spice girls ive still got them and they are a complete arse to file away!!!

 

The Word looks the magazine most suited to my music & entertainment tastes.

 

i get the word each months on subs but i think i've only read about 1 issue (well about 75% of articles) out of the last 5 (apart from the top 20 i like those). the features, they look like articles that you gotta rearly sit down with and concentrate v hard at them (even more than like stuff in the guardian)

 

however cds are interesting and seeing as every other month i get les inrocks for the cd (i cant read french) i dont feel bad about skipping them and giving them away. prefer stuff like blender

 

http://www.lesinrocks.com/inrocks/special/numero_500/zooms/225.jpg

 

Interview magazine is still great - fantastic design, photography... but, being American, the music side is a bit dated and off-the-mark.

 

i suppose with Interview you gotta go back to the 1970s when Andy Warhols influence was all over it . however dont think you can buy a book with all the old ones in. loads of books with all the rolling stones photos, articles and covers in it so should be a market?

 

btw anyone ever seen any of the really really infamous mags like felix dennis' oz magazine from the late 1960s

 

http://www.wussu.com/zines/ozimages/oz01cov.jpg

http://www.wussu.com/zines/ozimages/oz03cov.jpg

The BEST French mag was Rock'n'Folk which was almost 100% UK music. You wonder why it was even written in French. Currently Jukebox is ultra cool. Like Record Collector only good. :)