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Greg Shaw
Greg Shaw (1949-2004) was a Los Angeles based fanzine publisher and record label owner. His two zines, Mojo Navigator (full title, "Mojo-Navigator Rock and Roll News"), founded in 1966, and Who Put The Bomp?, founded in 1970, are among the most important early rock fanzines. Who Put The Bomp? featured many writers who would later become prominent, including Lester Bangs, Greil Marcus and Richard Meltzer. Greg also started Bomp! Records . He died of heart failure in Los Angeles.
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