Music magazines

[Sharp Dressed Man]

Do any of you guys (still) buy music magazines and if so, which one(s)? I used to buy quite a few magazines every month, but I’ve cut down considerably. Not so much because of the digital age, but because it came to the point where I would buy several magazines and never find time to read them.

Now I only buy Classic Rock Magazine regularly although I’ve skipped a couple of issues over the years, whenever I found the content uninteresting. Apart from that, I’ll pick up the odd random magazine here and there, for example one of the CR spin-offs like Blues, Country (I think that one is dead already), the Lynyrd Skynyrd special a few years ago and the more recent Bad Company. Other recent buys: The two latest issues of Mojo Magazine. This month because of a huge Kate Bush article and last month because of a huge CNSY article + CD. I also bought the recent "country issue" of Rolling Stone with Miranda Lambert on the cover.

 

[Johnny-Too-Good]

Back in the '70s and '80s it was New Musical Express. These days it's 'Classic Rock'. Also I like the hard copy. I don't want to be looking at that stuff on a phone or a laptop, though I do check out a lot of websites for news.

 

[The Wanderer]

Through the local book store I got a deal for The Rolling Stone. Occasionally they have a good issue, but most of the time imo they put out crap.

 

[That 70s Guy]

Never

 

[Mr. Shadow]

MOJO

 

[The Wanderer]

I am curious, could someone give me a description of MOJO? I know of it just nothing about it.

 

[Philmore]

The only two I buy on a regular basis are Shindig and Ugly Things. I pick up Classic Rock a lot of the time also. Others like Prog ,Metal Hammer or Mojo I'll get occasionally.

 

[Lynch]

Never.

In the 80's I bought Circus and Hit Parader on a regular basis. Always thumbed through Kerrang! and Creem but only bought those on occassion. I did read Rolling Stone on a regular basis from probably the mid 80's to the early 90's, then I got so sick of their political bullshit and their stand on certain forms of music, I decided that it was a rag that wasn't worthy of being used as toilet paper in an outhouse.


From a guitarist point of view, I bought Guitar For the Practicing Musician for probably 6 or 7 years. Had a subscription for much of that time. I also bought Guitar World when it looked like a good issue, but never had a subscription to it. I'd also buy Guitar Player from time to time, but it wasn't very often.

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

When I was a kid I bought "Circus", "Creem", "Crawdaddy" and "Music Scene" religiously. Now, I have a subscription to "Rolling Stone" and that's about it. Once in a while I'll stop at the local bookstore (Vroman's) and pick up a British rock mag like "Mojo" or "Q". I like the Brit mags quite a bit.

 

[Sunny]

I don't buy it but I borrow Q magazine (UK) from the library.