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Born in 1973, and relaunched in 2010 as a national website, The Recycler classified newspaper was one of the first online classified sites on the web and helped to launch the careers of many Los Angeles bands including Guns N Roses, Metallica, and Motley Crue. The company was sold by the Los Angeles Times to Target Media Partners in 2007 is now located in North Hollywood, California.

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Curiosity

James Hetfield responded to an advertisement in the magazine written by Lars Ulrich, founding Metallica.[3][4] Mick Mars entered Mötley Crüe after responding to an advertisement in the magazine created by Tommy Lee.[5] Slash answered an ad in The Recycler to join Guns N Roses from Izzy Stradlin. [6]

References

  1. ^ https://californianewswire.com/the-los-angeles-times-completes-sale-of-recycler-classifieds-to-target-media-partners/
  2. ^ http://www.targetmediapartners.com/executive-team/
  3. ^ http://ultimateclassicrock.com/james-hetfield-met-lars-ulrich/
  4. ^ http://www.laweekly.com/music/10-rock-classifieds-that-changed-music-history-5399544
  5. ^ http://www.laweekly.com/music/10-rock-classifieds-that-changed-music-history-5399544
  6. ^ http://www.laweekly.com/music/10-rock-classifieds-that-changed-music-history-5399544
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