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UK music magazine

Select July 2000 issue Editor Alexis Petridis[1] Categories Music tabloid Frequency Monthly First issue July 1990; 36 years ago (1990-07) Final issue January 2001; 25 years ago (2001-01) Company EMAP Metro Country United Kingdom Based in London Language English ISSN 0959-8367

***Select*** was a United Kingdom music magazine of the 1990s. It was known for covering the [indie rock](/source/Indie_rock) and [Britpop](/source/Britpop) genres,[2] but featured a wide array of music.[3] In 2003, *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)* called *Select* "the magazine that not only coined the word Britpop, but soon came to define it."[4]

## History

The magazine was launched under [United Consumer Magazines](/source/UBM_plc) in July 1990,[5] intending to be a rival to *[Q](/source/Q_(magazine))* magazine.[6] Its first cover star was [Prince](/source/Prince_(musician)).[6][7] Its first issue sold 100,000 copies.[6] Between July and December 1990, its circulation hovered around 75,000.[8] In April 1991, Spotlight sold *Select* to [EMAP](/source/EMAP) Metro.[6][9] Under the editorship of [Mark Ellen](/source/Mark_Ellen), the magazine began focusing on the [baggy](/source/Baggy) and [Madchester](/source/Madchester) scenes.[6] The magazine soon became known for its coverage of [Britpop](/source/Britpop), a term already in use in the music press by writer like [John Robb](/source/John_Robb_(musician)) but with an added new context in the magazine front cover by [Stuart Maconie](/source/Stuart_Maconie) in its April 1993 "Yanks Go Home" edition,[10] featuring [The Auteurs](/source/The_Auteurs), [Denim](/source/Denim_(band)), [Saint Etienne](/source/Saint_Etienne_(band)), [Pulp](/source/Pulp_(band)) and [Suede](/source/Suede_(band))'s [Brett Anderson](/source/Brett_Anderson) on the cover in front of a [Union Flag](/source/Union_Flag). Several publications have called the April 1993 cover an important impetus in defining the movement's tone and opposition to American genres such as [grunge](/source/Grunge).[11][12]

Later, [John Harris](/source/John_Harris_(critic)) stepped down as editor, and was replaced by former *[Mixmag](/source/Mixmag)* editor [Alexis Petridis](/source/Alexis_Petridis).[13] Under Petridis, the magazine's image moved back towards its coverage of an eclectic array of music, aiming to reach what Petridis described as "a wide range of music fans".[3] The magazine folded in late 2000, amid competition on the [internet](/source/Internet).[14] Petridis later stated of its closure: "No matter how many features we did on [Destiny's Child](/source/Destiny's_Child), people still thought we were a magazine about [Oasis](/source/Oasis_(band)). We were forever associated with a music [genre] in decline."[6]

## Tagline

- Pop Babylon! (circa 1994)

- You Love it (circa 1995/6)

- Music and Beyond (circa 1998)

- Music for Tomorrow (circa 2000)

- Total Stereo[1]

## Contributors

- Andrew Perry, deputy editor[1]

- [Harry Borden](/source/Harry_Borden), visual contributor[1]

- [Giles Duley](/source/Giles_Duley)

- [John Harris](/source/John_Harris_(critic))

- [Andrew Harrison](/source/Andrew_Harrison_(journalist))[15]

- [Graham Linehan](/source/Graham_Linehan)

- Steve Lowe, contributing editor[1]

- [Dorian Lynskey](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dorian_Lynskey&action=edit&redlink=1) [[Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q61710065#sitelinks-wikipedia)][1]

- [Stuart Maconie](/source/Stuart_Maconie)

- [Sarra Manning](/source/Sarra_Manning)

- [Caitlin Moran](/source/Caitlin_Moran)

- John Mullen, contributing editor[1]

- Sian Pattenden[1]

- [David Quantick](/source/David_Quantick)[1]

- [Miranda Sawyer](/source/Miranda_Sawyer)

- Cass Spencer, art editor[1]

- [Roy Wilkinson](/source/Roy_Wilkinson), reviews editor[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-July2000_1-10) "Select (credits list)". *Select*. EMAP Metro. July 2000. p. 6.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Hodgson, Jessica (14 December 2000). ["Melody Maker axed"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/14/pressandpublishing3). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Campaign_Live_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Campaign_Live_3-1) ["Music magazine Select names editor for relaunch"](https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/music-magazine-select-names-editor-relaunch/44433). *Campaign Live*. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Jones, Dylan (6 October 2003). ["Why Dennis is a Menace to Q"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/oct/06/mondaymediasection5). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Fielder, Hugh (30 June 1990). ["Select Magazine is Launched, Right on Q"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1990/BB-1990-06-30.pdf) (PDF). *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Vol. 102, no. 26. p. 75. Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via worldradiohistory.com.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-:0_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-:0_6-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-:0_6-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-:0_6-5) [Gorman, Paul](/source/Paul_Gorman) (2022). *Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press* (2023 paperback ed.). UK: [Thames & Hudson](/source/Thames_%26_Hudson). pp. 306–311, 355. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-500-29746-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-500-29746-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["A Brief History of 90s Britpop..."](https://dangerousminds.net/comments/a_brief_history_of_90s_britpop_as_told_through_the_covers_of_select_magazin) *Dangerous Minds*. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:12_8-0)** Anon. (16 February 1991). ["New glossies on target"](https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1991/MW-1991-02-16.pdf) (PDF). *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)*. p. 3. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0265-1548](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0265-1548). Retrieved 3 May 2024 – via worldradiohistory.com.{{[cite magazine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_magazine)}}: CS1 maint: url-status ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_url-status))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:1_9-0)** Anon. (13 April 1991). ["Emap scoops up Select in music titles sell-of"](https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1991/MW-1991-04-13-IDX-3.pdf) (PDF). *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)*. p. 3. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0265-1548](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0265-1548). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230514134126/https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-UK/Music/Archive-Music-Week-IDX/IDX/1991/MW-1991-04-13-IDX-3.pdf) (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023 – via worldradiohistory.com.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Shaw, Magnus. *So It Goes*. Lulu, 2014. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-3260-7550-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-3260-7550-7)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Britpop: 25 years ago today Britain taught the world to play guitar"](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/britpop-britain-guitar-taught-world-25-years-ago-1993-blur-oasis-sleeper-elastica-sonya-madan-echobelly-a8312001.html). *The Independent*. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Ewing, Tom (1 October 2010). ["The Wardrobe"](https://pitchfork.com/features/poptimist/7865-poptimist-33/). *Pitchfork*. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bailey_13-0)** Bailey, Jemimah (3 December 1999). ["Select plucks chief from mixmag"](https://www.prweek.com/article/101183/media-select-plucks-chief-mixmag). *PR Weekly*. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Perry, Keith (15 December 2000). ["Melody Maker pensioned off"](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2000/dec/15/pressandpublishing.uknews1). *The Guardian*. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Qe_15-0)** Cardew, Ben. "[Q editor Andrew Harrison steps down](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/apr/11/q-editor-andrew-harrison)". *[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)*, 11 April 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2021

## External links

- [Select magazine archive](https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/)

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