''Rip It Up'' was a bi-monthly
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island coun ...
music magazine A music magazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Such magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoots, essays, record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a covermount with recorded music.
Notable ...
that was published from 1977 to 2015.
History and profile
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.
[ p. 205] The new magazine arrived 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,
[ ''Rip It Up'' was circulated free via record shops for fourteen years as a music rag produced on a meagre budget. In 1991 the physical quality of the publication improved, making the transition from newsprint to a gloss medium, a direct result of the NZ$2 charge.
]
Editors
Murray Cammick was the first editor of the magazine and ran it virtually single-handedly for several years. Other editors have included David Long, now a sports journalist at Fairfax Media, Scott Kara, who later worked for the '' New Zealand Herald'', Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury
Martyn 'Bomber' Bradbury (born 1974) is a New Zealand media commentator, former radio and TV host, and former executive producer of Alt TV – a now-defunct alternative music and culture channel. He is a blogger that writes at the blogs ''Tumeke! ...
(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 Mai FM.
''Rip It Up'' ceased publication in 2015. The archives and the name are owned by Simon Grigg
Simon Grigg (born 1955) is a New Zealand music businessman, writer, broadcaster, publisher, producer, DJ and archivist. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, he attended Palmerston North Boys High, Auckland Grammar and the University of Auckland.
Pun ...
.
References
External links
Rip It Up
- official website - @ Archive.org
AudioCulture
- history
Digitised issues from 1977–1985
available at Papers Past
1977 establishments in New Zealand
2015 disestablishments in New Zealand
Bi-monthly magazines
Defunct magazines published in New Zealand
Free magazines
Magazines established in 1977
Magazines disestablished in 2015
Mass media in Auckland
Monthly magazines published in New Zealand
Music magazines
{{music-mag-stub