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Music, movies, books, comic books, magazines, art, toys, we’ll cover it all—and then some. Read The 1st Five for independent thought on anything and everything you feed your eyes and ear holes.

Wanna keep the masses in the know about your creative endeavors? Email us the information to john@the1stfive.com.

Want to submit your record, ‘zine, book, comic, art, toy, or dream catcher for review? Email us about coverage or just go ahead and snail mail to,

The 1st Five
870 Vine Street
Apartment A4
Chattanooga, TN, 37403

We accept CDs, cassettes, vinyl, 8-Tracks, toys, books, and MP3s. We review demos once a week in our Demo Roundup. Note that hard-copy demos will get preferential treatment over digital, it only seems fair those bands who send their own funds to ship us stuff.

Questions? Concerns? Beefs? Email our editor and head writer, John-Michael Bond via john@the1stfive.com.

Want to get to know us? Read our mission statement of sorts and consider yourself versed.