name: Lonn M. Friend
birth_date: 1956-07-29 00:00:00
genres: Music, Journalism, Memoir
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about: Lonn Friend is a writer and journalist, and was formerly a record company executive. He was Editor of 'RIP Magazine' from the Spring of 1987 through the mid-1990s. 'RIP Magazine' was notable as the first and (arguably) only music magazine to specialise equally in coverage of both heavy metal and punk. Lonn Friend is a writer and journalist, and was formerly a record company executive. He was Editor of 'RIP Magazine' from the Spring of 1987 through the mid-1990s. 'RIP Magazine' was notable as the first and (arguably) only music magazine to specialise equally in coverage of both heavy metal and punk. ...more