Last ever issue coming out in August.

Have read this magazine for many a year and even went as far as buying many a CD/Album purely on the strength of their review. Was also great for news of up coming tours and finding out about new artists making a break through or attempting to do so.

Over the decades I've seen the music magazines disappear one by one.

In my youth the magazine of choice as a teenager was Record Mirror. I then moved on to NME and latterly to Q.

All of them gone now I'm afraid, victims of a changing times in the printed world.

Sad to see 

I was NME and Melody Maker until Sounds came out. That was the one I got every week.

Print media is dying and in many cases, most of the newspapers mainly, good riddance. It's a shame that it's impacting on such a wide scale however. Even the niche publications are serving better online. 

This is a shame to hear. It seems to be the way of the world now. I used to look forward to pay day so I could go out and get my NME, Melody Maker and Sounds. Select was another great mag from the 90's that finished up.

I also remember when Q first started. I bought it for a while, but It kind of went away from the music that I like. I'm more a Uncut or Classic Rock reader now.

 

Bought my first drum kit from an ad in 'Sounds' a few decades ago,and later took up Melody Maker and a monthly drummers magazine which I canna mind the name of.Bought Kerrang a few times but was a bit too Greaser for me.

    Shame to see them all go

I used to buy all the weekly music papers back in the day, it was my weekly Thursday ritual on the way home from work pick them up, along with a can of coke, mars bar and packet of McCoys, I knew how to live.

I used to keep many as well until my Ma chucked them when she moved house, some are actually worth money now, which I was surprised at.

Whilst I did like Q I always thought it was for bigger established acts, but did have good stuff in it, liked their review section as would look at reissued stuff.

Have to admit to not buying it in a very long time though, but such are the times we live.

The only magazines I still get are Private Eye and When Saturday Comes.

I have thrown out hunners of Q’s, Mojos, Words, Record Collectors, and various other music mags in the past ten days of clearing out the old homestead’s loft. I even resisted the temptation to read interesting articles as they emerged from the depths. 😟

On 19/08/2020 at 10:39, TheDeeDon said:

I used to buy all the weekly music papers back in the day, it was my weekly Thursday ritual on the way home from work pick them up, along with a can of coke, mars bar and packet of McCoys, I knew how to live.

All that nowadays would cost you about £25, and be a third of the size it used to be.

20 hours ago, blinlemon said:

I have thrown out hunners of Q’s, Mojos, Words, Record Collectors, and various other music mags in the past ten days of clearing out the old homestead’s loft. I even resisted the temptation to read interesting articles as they emerged from the depths. 😟

I got rid of a load of books, cds and DVDs around five years ago, including a 20 plus year collection of Private Eyes.

I was looking to give away my When Saturday Comes, collection recently, but despite putting them all in date order, I wasn't ready to ditch them yet.

I actually bought a copy of Mojo magazine today. Possibly first time in over 20 years. Cost me £8. Was a Depeche Mode feature.

I also ponied up £12 for an Uncut Magazine Kraftwerk special.

At prices like that I doubt I will be buying them regular.

I sometimes get When Saturday Comes and FourFourTwo, but I wouldn't buy them every month at the price they are.

I can't buy them any more anyway, my local TG Jones (formerly WH Smith) has closed down.

3 hours ago, swaddon said:

I sometimes get When Saturday Comes and FourFourTwo, but I wouldn't buy them every month at the price they are.

I can't buy them any more anyway, my local TG Jones (formerly WH Smith) has closed down.

I think I pay about £30 a year, for my WSC subscription, which is about £3 an issue and in my opinion, very good value for money.

I'm away at the moment on what is classed as an 'off grid' place and you can't buy much reading material for less nowadays.

You seen the price of The Economist? £11.99 per single issue......and it's weekly.

Yeah, you can save a lot with a subscription, but still!

What the fuck is in it that you cannae get elsewhere and is worth that much money.

Not very economical.

Thanks for the prompt. Just cancelled my subscription!