Kerrang!
Editor: James McMahon
Publisher: Bauer Media Group
Frequency: weekly
Country: UK
Based in: London
Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music. It is
published by the Bauer Media group. Their first issue was published on the 6th
of June 1981 and in the early 2000s became the best-selling British music
magazine
Kerrang! commenced publication on 6 June 1981 initially as a
one-time supplement in the Sounds newspaper, which focused on the New Wave of
British Heavy Metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts. Angus
Young of AC/DC appeared on Kerrang's first cover. Launched as a monthly
magazine, Kerrang! began to appear on a fortnightly basis later, and in 1987 it
went weekly. The original owner was United Newspapers who then sold it to EMAP
in 1991.
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