Big Cheese (magazine)

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Big Cheese
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September 2010 Issue
EditorJim Sharples
Categories Music
FrequencyBi -Monthly
Circulation 13,000 [1]
PublisherBig Cheese Publishing Ltd.
Year founded1996
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Website http://www.bigcheesemagazine.com
ISSN 1365-358X

Big Cheese is an independent music magazine published in the United Kingdom that covers alternative music including rock, punk, and metal. It is circulated monthly. [2]

Contents

Features

Big Cheese was one of the first monthly UK magazines to feature the likes of My Chemical Romance, Brand New, Turbonegro, Panic! at the Disco, The Movie Live, Alexisonfire and Taking Back Sunday. Since its creation, Big Cheese has offered bespoke covermount incentives to its readers, such as giving away a strictly limited My Chemical Romance patch to celebrate the release of their latest album, giving Green Day fans exclusive free band-branded wristbands, as well as being one of the first magazines to offer a downloadable compilation CD to its readers completely free.

Personnel

Staff

The staff of the magazine include: [3]

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References

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  3. "About Us". Big cheese magazine. Archived from the original on 15 August 2009. Retrieved 5 September 2009.