Rip It Up

 
 

Rip It Up Music Magazine

 

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  • Magazine

  • Country

  • Issue

  • Date

  • Page

  • Trick or Treat?

  • Rip It Up

  • New Zealand

  • No. 28

  • November 1979

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Rip It Up was the longest running music magazine in New Zealand with 377 issues published over a period of 38 years. Its focus on the New Zealand music scene made it the journal of record for that country’s popular music from 1977 to 2015. The name “Rip It Up” came from Little Richard’s 1956 song of the same name. Rip It Up filled a gap left by the closure of an earlier music magazine, Hot Licks, which ran from 1974 to 1976.

This issue includes two photos of the Black Hamer Quad 12-string bass which was played by Tom Petersson of Cheap Trick during a concert in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1979.

Cheap Trick after their concert in Christchurch, New Zealand on October 21, 1979. The back of the Black Hamer Quad 12-string bass is shown.

The Black Hamer Quad 12-string bass on the cover.

 

The May, 1979 issue of Rip It Up, issue number 22, includes a review of Cheap Trick’s At Budokan album as well as the “Metropolitan” photo of the Hamer Quad 12-string bass.

Hamer Quad 12-string bass.

The October 1979 issue of Rip It Up, issue 27, includes an interview with Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick. The At Budokan cover with the Hamer Quad 12-string bass is included.

Also included is a photo of Nick Lowe’s Hamer 8-string bass.

 
 

The August 16-22, 1990 issue of Rip It Up, issue number 77, includes a two-page interview with Cheap Trick bassist Tom Petersson. It is presented here in its entirety.