was adopted in 1994 to better reflect the broader content of the magazine and pay homage to the American Broadcasting Corporation show of the same name, which brought the British Invasion to the USA.
[1] In 2007 a deal with the small Cambridge-based Volcano Publishing launched the by now full colour magazine as a high street title for the first time and secured international distribution.
was set up to explore music and pop culture from the late 1960s, covering obscure cult and collectable acts as well as mainstream artists such as the Who, the Byrds and the Kinks.
Noted contributors include writers Kris Needs, John Harris, Simon Matthews and Duncan Barrett and the comedian Stewart Lee.
Radio 2's Stuart Maconie, Rough Trade Records' Geoff Travis and David Fricke, the veteran US rock writer and senior editor of Rolling Stone, are high-profile fans of the magazine.