Made famous in the late 60's, their original covers featured the likes of Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, The Who and more of the biggest and best that music has to offer. Over the last several years, I don't care for some of the features and the fact that they have to include so much mainstream pop and hip hop/rap people now. Putting that aside, they have had some great writers and contributors throughout the years including Cameron Crowe and Hunter S. Thompson.
If you want to see what it was like to be a part of their magazine and their roots, check out some scenes from the (outstanding Cameron Crowe film) Almost Famous. He was only a kid when he wrote for the magazine as he toured the country with rock stars. How cool is that?
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