Rip It Up was a bi-monthly New Zealand music magazine that was published from 1977 to 2015.
History and profile
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,
In 2019, digitized issues of Rip It Up from 1977 to 1985 were made available through the National Library of New Zealand's Papers Past website. Issues from 1986 to 1998 were added to Papers Past in 2023.
References
External links
- Rip It Up - official website - @ Archive.org
- AudioCulture - history
- Digitised issues from 1977–1998 available at Papers Past