COVER: Hard Rock Special

CENTERFOLD: Billy Squier

STAGE PASS: Aerosmith

ARTICLES: Heavy Metal Comes Of Age, Billy Squiers History, Blackfoot, AC/DC, KISS

INTERVIEW: Ozzy Osbourne

ADVERTISMENTS: ColecoVision's Turbo video game, UFO/Making Contact album ad, Ibanez Guitars, Duran Duran/Rio album ad

COMMENTS: Great two page color photo of Ozzy with Randy Rhoads jamming onstage, full page color photo of Angus Young...has some cut outs on a couple of pages but still some great stuff inside