Powerline (magazine)
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{{Infobox magazine
| image_file = File:Powerline_May_1990_magazine_cover.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Newsstand version
| category = Music magazine
| company = Smith & Prince Enterprises
| founded = 1985
| country = United States
| based = Stamford, CT
| language = English
}}
Powerline was a music magazine, covering the metal scene, published between 1985 and 1991.
History
File:Powerline_October_1987_cover.jpg
At its inception, Powerline was edited by Dean Papazidis and Patrick Prince,{{cite magazine |author= |title=Masthead |magazine=Powerline |location=Stamford, CT |issue=1 |page=2 }} also a US correspondent for British publication Metal Forces. The first issue's cover story was an interview with SPV recording artists Sortilège.
For the first three years, the magazine was distributed independently through record stores across the Tri-State area. Originally priced at $2 and consisting of a 32-page black and white folio, it started incorporating color photography in year two.{{cite web|url =http://www.backstageauctions.blogspot.com/2012/01/powerline-resurrection.html|title=Powerline: The Resurrection|date=January 30, 2012|website=Backstage Auctions|publisher=Backstage Auctions, Inc.|access-date=March 23, 2016 }}
In 1988, Prince and new business partner Mike Smith founded a publishing company to take Powerline to newsstands, and signed a national distribution agreement with the Kable News Company. Noted metal biographer Mick Wall joined as a contributor.
The magazine ceased publication in 1991, and Smith went on to edit the similar Livewire.{{cite web|url =http://www.powerlinemag.com/about-powerline-contact/|title=About Powerline|website=Powerline Mag|publisher=Powerline|access-date =March 23, 2016}}
Prince later joined Goldmine Magazine.{{cite web|url=http://www.goldminemag.com/article/goldmine-song-remains-the-same|title=Things change, but Goldmine's song remains the same|last=Sliwicki|first=Susan|date=May 5, 2010|website=Goldmine Mag|publisher=F+W Publications|access-date=March 23, 2016}}
Online revival
References
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External links
- [http://www.powerlinemag.com/ Powerline website]
Category:1985 establishments in Connecticut
Category:2008 disestablishments in Connecticut
Category:Defunct magazines published in the United States
Category:Heavy metal publications
Category:Magazines established in 1985
Category:Magazines disestablished in 2008
Category:Magazines published in Connecticut
Category:Monthly magazines published in the United States
Category:Online magazines with defunct print editions
Category:Online music magazines published in the United States
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