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This article is about the music newspaper. For the Gibson guitar model, see Gibson Melody Maker. The Gibson Melody Maker is an Electric guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation.
Part of a page from a late 1969 issue of Melody Maker, covering King Crimson just as the news that group co-founders Michael Giles and Ian McDonald were leaving.
Part of a page from a late 1969 issue of Melody Maker, covering King Crimson just as the news that group co-founders Michael Giles and Ian McDonald were leaving. King Crimson is a Progressive rock band founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1969 Michael Rex Giles (born on 1 March 1942 in Waterlooville, Hampshire) is an English drummer best known as a co-founder of King Crimson Ian McDonald (born 25 June 1946, in Osterley, Middlesex) is an English multi-instrumental musician best known as a founding member

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom 's leading consumer Magazine and digital publisher with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. [1] It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival"[1] (and IPC Media sister publication) New Musical Express. Events May 12 - Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony No 1 premiere Leningrad A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a This is a summary of 2000 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a Popular music Magazine in the United Kingdom which has been

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1950s-1960s

With its focus on jazz, Melody Maker (MM) was slow to cover the emergence of rock and roll - one notorious editorial describing the new music as "a flash in the pan" - and as a result, lost ground to the New Musical Express (NME), which had begun publishing in 1952. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Rock and roll (also known as rock 'n' roll) is a form of Music that evolved in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s with roots in mostly African An editorial, leader (UK or leading article (UK is an article in a Newspaper or Magazine that expresses the opinion of the Editor MM began its Melody Maker LP charts in November 1958, two years after the Record Mirror published the first UK Albums Chart. Record Mirror was a national tabloid consumer weekly pop music newspaper founded by Isadore Green in 1953 then priced 6d (2½p in decimal currency featuring news articles interviews The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. [2]

In its issue of March 6, 1965, MM called for The Beatles to be honoured by the British state, which indeed happened on June 12 that year when all four of the band were awarded the MBE. The Beatles were a pop and rock band from Liverpool, England formed in 1960 The British honours system is a means of rewarding individuals' personal bravery achievement or service to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V.

By the late 1960s, MM had recovered its momentum, targeting an older, more sophisticated market than the teen-oriented NME (which sometimes poked fun at the earnestness of its rival, dubbing it 'Monotony Maker'). Considerably more bulky than its competitor, it had a much larger and more specialised advertising section, in the pages of which many soon-to-be well-known groups would advertise for musicians to join them, and ran pages devoted to "minority" interests like folk and jazz, as well as detailed reviews of musical instruments. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous

A 1968 Melody Maker poll named John Peel Best Radio DJ, attention which John Walters much later revealed may have helped Peel keep his job despite concerns at BBC Radio 1 about Peel's style and obscure record selection. John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004 known professionally as John Peel, was an English Disc jockey, radio John Walters ( July 11, 1939, in Long Eaton, Derbyshire &ndash July 30, 2001) was a British radio producer [3]

1970s

Its circulation continued to increase, and by the 1970s, under the editorship of Ray Coleman, MM was selling 250,000 copies a week. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Ray Coleman ( June 15, 1937 – September 10, 1996) was a British author and former editor-in-chief of Melody Maker known Critics such as Richard Williams, Chris Welch and Steve Lake were among the first British journalists to write seriously about popular music, shedding an intellectual light on such artists as Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin and Henry Cow, while the veteran Max Jones continued the paper's coverage of jazz. Richard Williams (born 1947 in Sheffield) is a British music and sports journalist Chris Welch is a Music journalist, reviewer and critic with Melody Maker, famous during the 1960s and 1970s for reporting on the rise of such bands as Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Led Zeppelin were Henry Cow were an English Avant-garde rock group, founded at Cambridge University in 1968 by multi-instrumentalists Fred

The Melody Maker was strongly supportive of the glam rock and progressive rock movements of the early 1970s. Glam rock (also known as glitter rock) is a sub-genre of Rock music that developed in the UK in the post- Hippie early 1970s which was "performed by Progressive rock (often shortened to " progressive " " prog " or " prog rock " is a form of Rock music that evolved However, when punk came along around 1976, Melody Maker lagged behind rivals Sounds and NME in embracing the upheaval; of MM's staff, only Caroline Coon was strongly positive towards the new music. Sounds was a British Music paper, published weekly from October 10, 1970 &ndash April 6, 1991 Caroline Coon is a English artist journalist and political activist born in 1945 It took some years for the paper's sales and prestige to recover.

1980s

By 1983, the magazine had become more populist and pop-orientated, exemplified by its modish "MM" masthead and its choice of Eurythmics' Touch as the best album of the year. Eurythmics (often incorrectly referred to as The Eurythmics) is a British Musical duo, formed in 1980 by Annie Lennox and Dave Touch is the third Album by New Wave duo Eurythmics ( Annie Lennox and David A Things were to change, however. In February 1984 Allan Jones, an irreverent journalist noted for his sardonic, boozy interviews with the likes of Lou Reed and Ozzy Osbourne, was appointed editor: defying instructions to put Kajagoogoo on the cover, he instead led the magazine with an article on up-and-coming band The Smiths. Allan Jones is a prominent British music Journalist and editor. Lewis Allan Reed (born March 2 1942 is an American rock Singer-songwriter and Guitarist. John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer Kajagoogoo is a British Pop band, best known for their first single, " Too Shy " which reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982

In 1986, MM was further invigorated by the arrival of a group of journalists, including Simon Reynolds and David Stubbs, who had previously run a music fanzine called Monitor from the University of Oxford, and Chris Roberts, an exile from Sounds, who established MM as the more individualistic and intellectual of the music weeklies. Simon Reynolds (born 1963 in London, England; raised in Hertfordshire) is an English Music critic who is well-known for his writings on David Stubbs is a British Journalist. He was born on September 13, 1962 in London, but grew up in Barwick-in-Elmet, A fanzine (see also Zine) is a nonprofessional publication produced by fans of a particular cultural phenomenon (such as a literary or musical genre for the pleasure The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Sounds was a British Music paper, published weekly from October 10, 1970 &ndash April 6, 1991 This was especially true after the "hip-hop wars" at NME - a schism between enthusiasts of progressive black music such as Public Enemy and Mantronix and fans of traditional white rock - ended in a victory for the latter faction, the departure of writers such as Mark Sinker and Biba Kopf, and the rise of Andrew Collins and Stuart Maconie, who pushed NME in a more populist direction. Public Enemy, also known as PE, is an influential hip hop group from Long Island New York, known for its politically charged Lyrics, criticism Mantronix was an innovative and influential 1980s Hip hop and electro funk music group founded by DJ Kurtis Mantronik ( Kurtis el Khaleel Mark Sinker (born 7 June 1960) is a British Writer (educated at Shrewsbury School and New College Oxford) Andrew Collins (born March 4 1965, Northampton) is an English journalist, scriptwriter and broadcaster Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio DJ and

1990s

While MM continued to devote most space to rock and indie music (notably Everett True's coverage of the emerging grunge scene in Seattle), it was willing to cover dance music, hip hop and less commercial genres such as post rock and electronica. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous For the cartoon character see The Outbursts of Everett True. Everett True (born Jerry Thackray in 1961) is This article is about music for dancing in general You may also be looking for Electronic dance music. Hip hop is a cultural movement which developed in New York City in the 1970s primarily among African Americans and Latinos. Post-rock is a genre of Alternative rock characterized by the use of Musical instruments commonly associated with Rock music, but using Rhythms Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary Electronic music designed for a wide range Even in the mid-1990s, when Britpop had brought a new generation of readers to the weekly music press, it remained less populist than its rivals, with younger writers such as Simon Price, Taylor Parkes and Neil Kulkarni continuing the 80s tradition of iconoclasm and subjective, opinionated criticism. Britpop is a subgenre of Alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom. Simon Price is a music journalist, born on September 25, 1967 in the Welsh town of Barry. Taylor Parkes (born April 30 1972) is a British journalist He is best known for his music journalism which appeared in Melody Maker from 1993 The paper printed harsh criticism of the likes of Ocean Colour Scene and Kula Shaker, and allowed dissenting views on Oasis and Blur at a time when they were universally praised by the rest of the music press. Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English Britpop band from Birmingham. Kula Shaker are an English multi-platinum selling Psychedelic rock band who came to prominence during the Britpop era Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Blur are an English Alternative rock band that formed in London in 1989

The magazine retained its large classified ads section, and remained the first port of call for bands seeking musicians, and musicians seeking bands. Many of the groups covered in MM (most famously Suede) had originally been formed through ads placed in the paper itself. Suede (or The London Suede in the United States) were an English rock band of the 1990s and the early 2000s that helped start the Britpop musical It also continued to publish a section featuring reviews of musical equipment and reader-submitted demo tapes - though this often had little in common stylistically with the rest of the paper - ensuring sales to the kind of jobbing musicians who would otherwise have had little interest in the music press. A demo version or demo of a song (shortened from the word "demonstration" is one recorded for reference rather than for release

In early 1997 Allan Jones left MM to edit Uncut. Uncut magazine trademarked as UNCUT, is a popular monthly publication based in London. He was replaced, somewhat controversially, by Mark Sutherland, formerly of the NME and Smash Hits, who "fulfilled his boyhood dream"[4]by editing the magazine for three years. This article is about a magazine For the compilation album by Jimi Hendrix, see Smash Hits (album. Many long-standing writers left, often moving to Uncut, with at least one writer, Simon Price, departing specifically because he objected to a new edict that all coverage of Oasis should be positive. Simon Price is a music journalist, born on September 25, 1967 in the Welsh town of Barry. Oasis are an English rock band that formed in Manchester in 1991 Its sales, which had for some time been substantially lower than those of the NME, entered a serious decline.

In 1999, MM was relaunched as a glossy magazine, a move which in retrospect hastened its demise. Magazines, periodicals or serials are Publications generally published on a regular schedule containing a variety of articles, generally It folded in 2000, officially merging with the NME (long published by the same company, IPC Media), which took on some of its journalists and (initially) its musical instrument reviews section. IPC Media is one of the United Kingdom 's leading consumer Magazine and digital publisher with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year A journalist (also called a newspaperman) is a person who practices Journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events trends

Bands using MM adverts

Advertisements in Melody Maker helped assemble the lineups of a number of major bands, including:

Trivia

The name of the French band Daft Punk was inspired from a lukewarm Melody Maker review, branding their first efforts under the name Darlin' "a bunch of daft punk". Daft Punk

References

  1. ^ a b Melody Maker to merge with NME, a December 2000 BBC article
  2. ^ The Album Chart (1950s) from the BBC Radio 2 website
  3. ^ John Peel Day 2005 from the BBC Radio 1 website
  4. ^ Mark Sutherland's Biography from the BBC 6 Music website
  5. ^ [http://www.billbruford.com/timeline/1968.html Bill Bruford's official website
  6. ^ Supertramp from Stuart Maconie's Critical List on the BBC Radio 2 website
  7. ^ David Coverdale from the BBC website
  8. ^ 2003 Interview with Erasure from the BBC website
  9. ^ Seven Ages of Rock: Suede from the BBC Radio 2 website
  10. ^ [1] from Steve Hackett's official site
  11. ^ [2] from Wang Chung's official site
Stuart John Maconie (born 13 August 1961 in Whiston, Lancashire) is an English radio DJ and
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