If you don't already know the history of the mag, RIP debuted with its first issue in December 1986. It was a 1980's/early 1990s Music magazine commonly seen in newsstands and purchased mostly by teenage readers. RIP was a typical Music fan magazine in the vein of Metal Edge, Circus and Hit Parader, although RIP had a wider focus, featuring Thrash, Punk, Speed-Metal and Death Metal bands...
