Rip It Up (magazine)

Infobox Magazine
title = Rip It Up


image_size = 200px
image_caption = Rip It Up magazine
publisher = Satellite Media
category = Music magazine
total_circulation =
circulation_year = 2005
frequency = Bi-monthly
language = English
editor = Karl Puschmann
editor_title = Editor
founded = 1977
firstdate = June 1977
country = New Zealand
website = [http://www.ripituponline.com/ Rip It Up]
issn =

"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 [Dix, J. (1988) "Stranded in paradise: New Zealand rock'n'roll 1955-1988." Wellington: Paradise Publications. p. 205] . 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 [Dix, J. (1988) "Stranded in paradise: New Zealand rock'n'roll 1955-1988." Wellington: Paradise Publications. p. 252] . The magazine's back-catalogue also provides an unrivalled reference for information about the history of New Zealand's rock music [Davey, T. & Puschmann, H. (1996) "Kiwi rock." Dunedin: Kiwi Rock Publications. p. 9] .

The brainchild of Murray Cammick and Alistair Dougal [Dix, J. (1988) "Stranded in paradise: New Zealand rock'n'roll 1955-1988." Wellington: Paradise Publications. p. 205] , 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 two dollar charge (NZD). 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 early editors have included Scott Kara, who later worked for the "New Zealand Herald" and Martyn "Bomber" Bradbury (radio and television host), who left "Rip it Up" in 2005. The current editor is Karl Puschmann.

External links

* [http://www.ripituponline.com/ Rip It Up] - official website.
* [http://www.myspace.com/ripitupmagazine Rip It Up MySpace page]

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