I miss regularly reading Maximum Rock 'N' Roll. Sure Livermore and Co. were total elitist and dissed many great bands for very trivial reasons but it was a great 'zine to grow up with. Rev. Norb, Ben Weasel, George Tabb, so many great columns each month.
I agree. That criticism was made with love.
Personally, I was a bigger fan of Flipside (now Razorcake). IMO, it was the music equivalent of Amazing Heroes.
Bean