Black Velvet (magazine)
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Black Velvet is a quarterly independent rock magazine based in the UK. The zine originated in 1994 and is published/edited by Shari Black Velvet. The zine includes in-depth interviews, CD, concert and zine reviews and more. Sugarcult's Marko 72 also writes a regular column which appears in each issue.
Bands/artists that have graced the cover of Black Velvet include My Chemical Romance, Sugarcult, Pitchshifter, Jon Bon Jovi, Less Than Jake, Yellowcard, The All-American Rejects, Madina Lake and so on.
[edit] History
Black Velvet began as a photocopied black and white fanzine in 1994. Its first colour cover was of Nicky Wire (Manic Street Preachers) on issue 23. The zine added colour centre pages to mark its ten year anniversary and went full colour to celebrate reaching issue 50 in 2006. Black Velvet is available in a number of independent shops in the UK, USA and online, and via mail order.
