BigO, Singapore's 1st independent rock music magazine, shuts after 38 years

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BigO, Singapore's first independent rock and roll magazine when it first started in 1985, has finally called it a day this month.

and the Oddfellows' lead singer Patrick Chng - as the magazine documented the emergence of independent music in Singapore.

"For those with a long memory, we did break the first story here on grunge in our early photocopy period. We were the first in the world to include a free music CD with the magazine, beginning in 1991." Cheah's brother Michael, who is the publisher of the magazine, said the idea to start BigO as a monthly photocopied magazine in 1985 came after he and his brother lost their jobs when the Singapore Monitor newspaper closed down.

 

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