A sister publication, Photo Buys Weekly, which featured ads accompanied by a photograph, was started in 1982.
The Recycler classified newspaper helped launch the careers of many Los Angeles bands, including Dead Kennedys, The Bangles, Guns N' Roses, Metallica, Mötley Crüe, and Hole.
The company was sold by the Los Angeles Times to Target Media Partners in 2007 is now located in North Hollywood, California.
[5] Eric Erlandson responded to an advertisement created by Hole frontwoman Courtney Love in 1989: "I want to start a band.
"[7] Dead Kennedys formed in 1978 after vocalist Eric Boucher responded to an advertisement placed in The Recycler by guitarist Raymond Pepperell.