Editing Kerrang! (section)

=== 1980s ===
''Kerrang!'' was founded in 1981.{{Sfn|Brown|2007|p=|loc=p. 13 (in source)}} The editor of the weekly music magazine ''[[Sounds (magazine)|Sounds]]'', [[Alan Lewis (music journalist)|Alan Lewis]], suggested that [[Geoff Barton]] edit a one-off special edition focusing on the [[new wave of British heavy metal]] phenomenon and on the rise of other [[hard rock]] acts.<ref name="kerrang">[https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/rip-alan-lewis-kerrang-founder-and-british-publishing-legend/ Phil Alexander, "RIP Alan Lewis: Kerrang! founder and British publishing legend", ''Kerrang!'', 24 June 2021] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702233137/https://www.kerrang.com/the-news/rip-alan-lewis-kerrang-founder-and-british-publishing-legend/ |date=2 July 2021}}. Retrieved 25 July 2021</ref> Billed as a "''Sounds'' Heavy Metal Special", ''Kerrang!''{{'s}} first issue was published on 6 June 1981.{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=14}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/geoffbarton/geoffbarton.html|title=Geoff Barton, behind the wheel|first=Steven|last=Ward|access-date=22 November 2011|publisher=Rock Critics|archive-date=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511084008/http://rockcriticsarchives.com/interviews/geoffbarton/geoffbarton.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Angus Young]] of [[AC/DC]] appeared on ''Kerrang!''{{'}}s first cover. According to Alan Lewis, the first issue reportedly sold out within days of its publication, and the magazine began being published on a monthly basis.{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=17}} In February 1982, after only eight issues, ''Kerrang!''{{'s}} frequency was doubled by its publisher, [[Spotlight Publications]] (owned by [[UBM plc|United Newspapers]]).{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=20}} Starting with issue 148 in 1987, the publication went weekly.{{sfn|Ruskell|2023|p=51}} During the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many [[thrash metal]] and [[glam metal]] acts on the cover, including [[Tigertailz]], [[Mötley Crüe]], [[Slayer]], [[Bon Jovi]], [[Metallica]], [[Poison (American band)|Poison]], and [[Venom (band)|Venom]]. The term [[thrash metal]] was first coined in the music press by ''Kerrang!'' journalist [[Malcolm Dome]], in reference to the [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] song "[[Metal Thrashing Mad]]".<ref>''Kerrang!'', issue 62, page 8, 23 February 1984</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Celebrated music journalist Malcolm Dome dies aged 66 |url=http://prod.musicweek.com/interviews/read/celebrated-music-journalist-malcolm-dome-dies-aged-66/084526 |access-date=2024-05-03 |website=prod.musicweek.com |language=en}}</ref> Prior to this [[Metallica]]'s [[James Hetfield]] had referred to their sound as "[[power metal]]".<ref>{{cite book |last=Dome |first=Malcolm |title=Kerrang! |date=23 February 1984 |publisher=Spotlight Publications Ltd. |volume=62 |location=London |page=8 |chapter=Anthrax 'Fistful of Metal'}}</ref>