Some of the prominent editors were Lucas Andrews, John Joh, Johnathan Marshall, Lisa Root, Jake Round, Tony Shrum, Sean Stepp, Chris Taravella and Nick White.

[5][6][7] Matthews' beginning in music journalism started in 1996, with a fanzine he wrote titled Hit List.

[2][3] AMP broadened focus from the underground music scene, which allowed for coverage of bands not featured in its contemporaries Maximumrocknroll and Alternative Press.

[10] An official notice from Matthews read, "we thank you for your more than a decade of support, and undying love and celebration of that which is our underground.

It has been an amazing ride, and we can't wait to see what awesome magazines arise to tell the story of the shape of punk to come.