So a few years ago I got handed a box with some stuff in it from my high shool days. A bunch of old magazines and some other stuff. I took it home and without looking through it I tossed into storage. Today I was looking for something else but I got curious and dug into the box, and wow! Total memory shock, there are like 7 or 8 issues of Guitar Magazine from 1985 - 1987 in my hands. Tons of guitar and bass sheet music for all kinds of classic and 80s rock tunes, old photos of, articles by and about, and interviews with legends and people I've long since forgotten about. I just read an old interview with Geddy Lee talking about Power Windows and his gear and development. One of the covers has a photo of Ronnie James Dio and Vivian Campbell on it.
When I first saw the magazines my first thought was that I'd be tossing them all. But after thumbing through them for a while I think I will throw them into one of those archive boxes they sell for photograph prints. They won't take up more space on my bookshelf than a dictionary. The sheet music alone is great, but these feel like historical articfacts to me now. The ads from the 80s are hilarious, with the female mullets and the wild guitar paint jobs.
When I first saw the magazines my first thought was that I'd be tossing them all. But after thumbing through them for a while I think I will throw them into one of those archive boxes they sell for photograph prints. They won't take up more space on my bookshelf than a dictionary. The sheet music alone is great, but these feel like historical articfacts to me now. The ads from the 80s are hilarious, with the female mullets and the wild guitar paint jobs.
