Rip It Up (magazine)
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Rip It Up is a bi-monthly New Zealand
music magazine. Started in June 1977 as a free monthly giveaway, it grew rapidly, with its monthly print run reaching 30,000 copies by the mid 1980s. The new magazine arrive at an opportune moment, with the musical revolutions of punk rock
and new wave
arriving in New Zealand in the first few years of its existence - two genres which the new magazine was to champion, alongside local music trends such as the Dunedin Sound
. For many years it was unequalled as a New Zealand source of information on rock music. The magazine's back-catalogue also provides an unrivalled reference for information about the history of New Zealand's rock music.
The brainchild of Murray Cammick
and Alistair Dougal, and sister title to Creme magazine, Rip It Up was circulated free via record shops for fourteen years as a music rag produced on a meagre budget. In 1991 the quality of the publication improved, making the transition from newsprint to a gloss medium, a direct result of the NZ$2 charge. Today the publication is a bi-monthly magazine that delivers relevant music features and reviews that extend past music into other media such as television, gaming and books.
(radio and television host), who left Rip it Up in 2005, and Phil Bell (AKA DJ Sir-Vere), who left in August 2011 to become the programme director for popular urban radio station MaiFM. The current editor is Leonie Hayden, the first female editor of the title.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
music magazine. Started in June 1977 as a free monthly giveaway, it grew rapidly, with its monthly print run reaching 30,000 copies by the mid 1980s. The new magazine arrive at an opportune moment, with the musical revolutions of punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
and new wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
arriving in New Zealand in the first few years of its existence - two genres which the new magazine was to champion, alongside local music trends such as the Dunedin Sound
Dunedin Sound
The Dunedin sound was a style of indie pop music created in the southern New Zealand university city of Dunedin in the early 1980s.-Characteristics:...
. For many years it was unequalled as a New Zealand source of information on rock music. The magazine's back-catalogue also provides an unrivalled reference for information about the history of New Zealand's rock music.
The brainchild of Murray Cammick
Murray Cammick
Murray Cammick is a New Zealand popular music journalist and record label founder. He has been a significant figure in New Zealand popular music since the late 1970s.-History:...
and Alistair Dougal, and sister title to Creme magazine, Rip It Up was circulated free via record shops for fourteen years as a music rag produced on a meagre budget. In 1991 the quality of the publication improved, making the transition from newsprint to a gloss medium, a direct result of the NZ$2 charge. Today the publication is a bi-monthly magazine that delivers relevant music features and reviews that extend past music into other media such as television, gaming and books.
Editors
Murray Cammick was the first editor of the magazine, and ran it virtually single-handedly for several years. Other editors have included Scott Kara, who later worked for the New Zealand Herald, Martyn "Bomber" BradburyMartyn 'Bomber' Bradbury
Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury is a left-wing New Zealand media commentator, radio and TV host, and was executive producer of Alt TV - NZ's Alternative music and culture channel ALT TV. He is a blogger of the Tumeke! blog...
(radio and television host), who left Rip it Up in 2005, and Phil Bell (AKA DJ Sir-Vere), who left in August 2011 to become the programme director for popular urban radio station MaiFM. The current editor is Leonie Hayden, the first female editor of the title.
External links
- Rip It Up - official website
- Rip It Up Twitter page
- Rip It Up Facebook group