BAM

BAM

BAM, was a free bi-weekly music magazine founded and published by Dennis Erokan in the San Francisco Bay Area starting in January 1976 and continuing on for 23 years until 1999. BAM's editorial focus when it was first published was on covering the musicians and culture of the local Bay Area music scene but expanded to cover the entire California music scene when it began publishing separate Northern and Southern California editions in the 1980s. The magazine's first issue featured a Bay Area map on the cover.

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Bam

Bam is commonly used as an onomatopoeia for a sound, mostly that of an impact or collision.

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bam

Noun

  1. ned, bampot.
  2. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax.

Verb

  1. To impose on (someone) by a falsehood; to cheat.
  2. To jeer or make fun of.

Interjection

  1. Representing a loud noise or heavy impact.
    The wind knocked the tree over last night. Bam! It nearly scared me to death.
  2. Representing a sudden or abrupt occurrence.
    She said she dumped him. Now — bam! — they're back together.


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