When I was in high school there was a magazine named Alternative Press. It was a magazine that displayed bands that were part of a genre of music. It would have new bands, what are the best albums to buy, and interviews with the popular bands. My friends and I would all go out the day this magazine would come out each month. We would read that magazine cover to cover multiple times. Now, who was featured as new or popular bands would be looked into then we would make a decision on them. Until this post, I have never thought about this experience as a subculture that was formed by this magazine. This magazine affected our music tastes and determined who was next to be listened to. This was a fleeting subculture like everything for those
