about 1 year ago #'fourlargemen, #dcstrut, #hardrock, #heavymetal, #roycoston
subway and LIRR full of long haired kids in denim and leather patches and beer and weed
i bought creem and hit parader in the 70s before i discovered all the fanzines in the early 80s
my parents read stuff like Muscle and Fitness and my mom stuff like Good Housekeeping, when they saw a metal mag they usually got it for me, I swear I had the best parents
once in awhile I got Metal Mania at the pharmacy we only got Metal Edge and Hit Parader
only a few guys had the cool mags like Metal Forces or Metallian, they had relatives overseas that sent
mail order and tape trading forget it! worst postal service in history
i know if you didnt have a speceality store it was just major label stuff
we were so limited then all we had was what the record store stocked