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4 unusual facts about Hit Parader


Hit Parader

The exclusive joint interview turned out to be simply a transcript from a Howard Stern radio show telephone interview with the duo.

Bands frequently covered by Hit Parader in the 1970s were Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Elton John, David Bowie, Blue Öyster Cult, The Kinks, Three Dog Night, The Who, Cheap Trick, Kiss, and Van Halen.

The magazine is mentioned in the Guns N' Roses song "Get in the Ring", where it is criticized for "printin' lies instead of the things we (Guns N' Roses) said" and "rippin' off the fuckin' kids while they be paying their hard earned money to read about the bands they wanna know about, printin' lies, startin' controversy."

Klaus Meine

Meine was ranked by Hit Parader as the twenty-second greatest heavy metal vocalist of all time.


Lenny Kaye

As a free-lance writer, he would write for a wide range of periodicals, including Melody Maker, Creem, and edit such publications as Rock Scene and Hit Parader throughout the seventies.

Tony Glover

Glover is a prolific rock critic, having penned articles for the Little Sandy Review (1962–63), Sing Out! (1964–65), Hullabaloo/Circus (1968–71), Hit Parader (1968), Crawdaddy (1968), Eye (1968), Rolling Stone (1968–73), Junior Scholastic (1970), CREEM (1974–76), Request (1990–99), MNBLUES.COM (1999–present) and The Reader and City Pages.


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