Select (magazine)
![]() July 2000 issue | |
Editor | Alexis Petridis[1] |
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Categories | Music tabloid |
Frequency | Monthly |
First issue | July 1990 |
Final issue | January 2001 |
Company | EMAP Metro |
Country | United Kingdom |
Based in | London |
Language | English |
ISSN | 0959-8367 |
Select was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s. It was known for covering the indie rock and Britpop genres,[2] but featured a wide array of music.[3] In 2003, The Guardian called Select "the magazine that not only coined the word Britpop, but soon came to define it."[4]
History
The magazine was launched under United Consumer Magazines in July 1990,[5] intending to be a rival to Q magazine.[6] Its first cover star was Prince.[6][7] Its first issue sold 100,000 copies.[6] Between July and December 1990, its circulation hovered around 75,000.[8] In April 1991, Spotlight sold Select to EMAP Metro.[6][9] Under the editorship of Mark Ellen, the magazine began focusing on the baggy and Madchester scenes.[6] The magazine soon became known for its coverage of Britpop, a term coined in the magazine by Stuart Maconie in its April 1993 "Yanks Go Home" edition,[10] featuring The Auteurs, Denim, Saint Etienne, Pulp and Suede's Brett Anderson on the cover in front of a Union Flag. Several publications have called the April 1993 cover an important impetus in defining the movement's tone and opposition to American genres such as grunge.[11][12]
Later, John Harris stepped down as editor, and was replaced by former Mixmag editor Alexis Petridis.[13] Under Petridis, the magazine's image moved back towards its coverage on an eclectic array of music, aiming to reach what Petridis described as "a wide range of music fans".[3] The magazine folded in late 2000, amid competition on the internet.[14] Periditis later stated of its closure: "No matter how many features we did on Destiny's Child, people still thought we were a magazine about Oasis. We were forever associated with a music [genre] in decline."[6]
Tagline
- Pop Babylon! (circa 1994)
- You Love it (circa 1995/6)
- Music and Beyond (circa 1998)
- Music for Tomorrow (circa 2000)
- Total Stereo[1]
Contributors
- Andrew Perry, deputy editor[1]
- Harry Borden, visual contributor[1]
- Giles Duley
- John Harris
- Andrew Harrison[15]
- Graham Linehan
- Steve Lowe, contributing editor[1]
- Dorian Lynskey[1]
- Stuart Maconie
- Sarra Manning
- Caitlin Moran
- John Mullen, contributing editor[1]
- Sian Pattenden[1]
- David Quantick[1]
- Miranda Sawyer
- Cass Spencer, art editor[1]
- Roy Wilkinson, reviews editor[1]
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