''Powerline'' was a music magazine, covering the

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scene, published between 1985 and 1991.

History

At its inception, ''Powerline'' was edited by Dean Papazidis and Patrick Prince, also a US correspondent for British publication

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. The first issue's cover story was an interview with SPV recording artists Sortilège. For the first three years, the magazine was distributed independently through record stores across the

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. Originally priced at $2 and consisting of a 32-page black and white folio, it started incorporating color photography in year two. In 1988, Prince and new business partner Mike Smith founded a publishing company to take ''Powerline'' to newsstands, and signed a national distribution agreement with the Kable News Company. Noted metal biographer

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joined as a contributor. The magazine ceased publication in 1991, and Smith went on to edit the similar '' Livewire''. Prince later joined '' Goldmine Magazine''.

Online revival

In September 2011, Prince revived the ''Powerline'' name with a website, Powerlinemag.com, which mostly features contemporary concert reviews as well as classic interviews from the magazine's archive.

References

External links

Powerline website
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