Maximum Rocknroll Will Cease Being A Monthly Print Zine After 37 Years


 

 

Often cited as the bible for Punk Rock and alternative music fans since the 1980s, Maximum Rocknroll has announced that after three more issues, they will cease being a print zine. What started as a radio show a the dawn of Punk in 1977 will come to a close. They made an announcement on their website, which you can read below. This will happen later in 2019 and will be the first time since the zine was founded in 1982. They will continue to operate in the meantime as a website. All music websites have the history of zines and indie newspapers, championing great music journalism and a genuine love of the scene in their DNA. At Ghost Cult, this news saddens us to no end. Continue reading


Brian Slagel With Mark Eglinton – For The Sake Of Heaviness



“Heavy Metal Will Never Die!”

These words are not just the battle cry of every heavy music fan or the chorus of a song from a band famous for body oil and loin cloths. These are the final words in Brian Slagel and Mark Eglinton’s For The Sake Of Heaviness: The History of Metal Blade Records. The book not only serves as a way to celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Metal Blade, but it serves as a partial memoir and life in metal of label founder and CEO, music historian, hockey fan, and all around great guy Slagel. To say metal and rock fans owe him an unpayable debt would be a gross understatement.Continue reading