![]() ![]() ![]() After some 36 issues, Friends mutated into Frendz, which finally died in 1972 when I was one of the editorial team on the last set of issues. When the San Francisco office demanded that all copy be vetted by them before publication, the staff left and Alan Marcuson (one of their number) set up Friends in 1969 , a national underground paper that initially aped the RS style and format, combining music, politics and culture, before gradually growing its own identity, look and feel. The first copy I managed to get my hands on was Issue 24 with the MC5 cover.įor a brief period, a British edition of Rolling Stone appeared, combining US content with commissioned British material and advertising. ![]() Initially copies were difficult to get hold of in the UK outside of London. For people of my generation Rolling Stone, first published on September 9th 1967, was for many years the boss magazine. ![]()
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