Spex (magazine)

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Spex is a prominent German rock and pop culture magazine founded in 1980 in Cologne, West Germany. Its focus is primarily on contemporary and cutting edge music artists. It is known for its leftist intellectual and political streak, and has included among its writers leading German pop culture critics such as Diedrich Diederichsen and Dietmar Dath. Though strongly associated with the Cologne alternative culture scene, the magazine moved recently to Berlin. Under new ownership, its editorial staff was completely replaced in 2007, with Maximiliam Bauer, a.k.a. "Max Dax" as new editor-in-chief.

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• German language online version
• Ripening on the rhine: the Cologne art world of the '80s - Critical Essay ArtForum, March, 2003 by Daniel Birnbaum (accessed 31 August 2006)
• Das letzte Wort: Die 100 Platten des Jahrhunderts (Spex' 1999 listing of the best records of the twentieth century)