Rolling Stone Magazine
The brainchild of a young Berkeley dropout named Jann Wenner, Rolling
Stone magazine was founded in 1967 with a mere $7,500 and a
few volunteers on the second floor of a San Francisco print shop.
Rolling Stone was the first significant publication
that truly understood and explored the tremendous importance and
impact of rock & roll on society.
Not only was the magazine home to such respected rock critics
as Greil Marcus, Jon Landau and Dave Marsh, but - by using the
writers Tom Wolfe, Joe Eszterhas and Hunter S Thompson - Rolling
Stone documented some of the biggest stories of the 1970s:
Wolfe's The Right Stuff, Thompson's Fear and
Loathing articles and in-depth accounts of the Manson Family
murders, the Altamont disaster, and the
abduction of Patty Hearst.
Today, Rolling Stone boasts a circulation of more than
one million and remains a dominant voice in music and popular
culture.
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