Rip It Up was a bi-monthly New Zealand
music magazine that was published from 1977 to 2015
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.
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
meager budget. In 1991 the quality of the
publication improved, making the transition from
newsprint to a gloss medium, a direct result of the
NZ$2 charge. |
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