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• Piedra Volante (“Rolling Stone”) can be considered as the equivalent in spanish of the US magazine Rolling Stones
• It is the only mexican underground magazine in the 1970's that tried to work in a professional way. It can be associated with the phenomnem of the mexican marginal press
• Eight issues of the magazine have been published between May 1971 and January 1972, when the Mexican Authorities decide to forbid its publication, considering it as a “pornographic” one.
• The majority of the articles were dedicated to modern music (rock), drugs, mode, and political issues.
• It can be considered as the best representant of the growth of a “counter-culture” in Mexico

• Mexico City, Mexico See the AMGP’s Map

• Spanish

• Periodical Written Publications : eight issue of the magazine between may 1971 and january 1972.

• The magazine was published in 50.000 copies throughout the Mexican Republic

• The magazine has been forbidden in 1972 by the Mexican authorities

• The magazine was partly financed by the publication of advertisement

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• January 1972: Last issue (#8)
• May 1971: first issue

• TREJO, 1980 : 28-33