RIP (magazine)
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RIP debuted its first issue on December 1986. It was a 1980's/early 1990s Music magazine commonly seen in newsstands and purchased by mostly teenage readers. It was created by Larry Flynt Publications, effectively making it a sister publication of Hustler magazine. Lonn P Friend was editor. RIP was a typical Music fan magazine in the vein of Metal Edge, Circus and Hit Parader, although RIP had a wider focus, featuring Thrash, Punk, Speed-Metal and Death Metal bands along with the typical Pop-Rock and Glam bands of the day. It featured news, interviews, celebrity columns (such as Idol Chatter, in which a rock hero would be given an entire page or more to express whatever was on their mind; and advice from the parent of a rock star, such as the mother of Great White singer Jack Russell or Lita Ford's mother answering readers' questions mainly dealing with adolescence and growing up, or typical generational conflicts over the music/fashion tastes of the young between their biological elders), pictures and centerfolds. Another one of its more unusual features was an occasional quiz on the history of various genres of rock, such as punk, glam or grunge.
Quote by Matt Cale about RIP Magazine -
"Hit Parader was for greasy chicks, Circus a glam rag at best, and Kerrang! too damned expensive as an import. As such, I stuck by Rip for several years, one as a subscriber. I looked forward to every issue, largely because they balanced their Skid Row, Guns N’ Roses, and Great White coverage with a little Sanctuary or King Diamond now and then. The mag worshipped Metallica, of course, and was the exclusive source for the lead-up to the breakthrough Black Album. It was all there – hyperbolic, overly positive reviews (to this day, I can’t remember anything they hated), inside scoops of tour information, upcoming albums, industry gossip, and unnaturally lengthy feature articles that described every thrust, every load, and every deservedly objectified groupie on every tour bus you could imagine. As they said, if Jack Russell slammed his meat axe into a stoned slut, Rip was there. And they did it better than anyone before or since."
