Musiccosmos

As a rock journalist myself (or loveable hack–either one works really), I’ve received my fair share of “hate mail” over the years for bodily daring to state I prefer Lita Ford to her ex-bandmate, Joan Jett or, let’s say, just for having an opinion about anything . It’s an occupational hazard. Of course, now all us “writers” have the convenience of being able to read hate mail instantaneously thanks to the Internet and social media. People can yell at your virtually, which they do anytime they type a comment in ALL CAPS. Welp, it’s a living and one quite frankly I wouldn’t trade for anything. Like any music enthusiast, I loved reading magazines before the dawn of the Internet and still do. If you are a heavy metal-inclined child of the 80s and 90s, you will, of course, remember some of the popular magazines from the two decades you just couldn’t live without. Circus, Kerang!, Metal Edge, and the topic of this post, Hit Parader played a huge role in helping to push the heavy metal age...