The golden age of music street press: how Australia’s free weeklies grew entire scenes

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The golden age of music street press: how Australia’s free weeklies grew entire scenes
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The pay was low and the pressure high at local weekly magazines, which became a training ground for journalists – and a bible for music fans

In early September 1990, Margaret Cott, editor of influential Sydney street press On the Street, stormed into the office of publisher Noel Crabbe and told him she was quitting.

waiting for her on the pavement was the entire editorial staff – writers Michael Smith and Jack Marx, photographer Tony Mott, along with a slew of others. Cott had built such loyalty in her near-10 years at the helm that her team quit in solidarity and decided to launch their own magazine. Drum Media would go on to become the most influential street press title of them all, heralding the beginning of the industry’s golden era.

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