Gavin McInnes
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| Gavin Miles McInnes | |
| Born | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Magazine publisher |
Gavin Miles McInnes (b. 1970), along with Suroosh Alvi and Shane Smith, founded Vice Magazine in 1994. Originally a low-budget zine entitled Voice of Montreal, Vice has since expanded into a glossy magazine, a record label, a film company, and a clothing line among other projects. Vice has always been available for free, as the magazine depends mostly on advertising, although it does offer a yearly subscriptions for the price of shipping and handling.
Gavin McInnes is the most public figure associated with Vice, due to the popularity of his contributions to the magazine and outspoken, sometimes controversial, nature. He wrote The Vice Guide to Eating Pussy and is the author of the magazine's regular "DOs and DON'Ts' feature. In 2004, a collection of "DOs and DON'Ts" was published by Vice/Warner Books.
Prior to starting Vice magazine, McInnes published 8 issues of a Montreal based mini-comic called Pervert (1993-95) and played in a number of Ottawa-area punk bands (Anal Chinook and Leatherassbuttfuk, with Aidan Girt, among others).
McInnes split from the other founders of Vice in 2007 due to "creative differences,"[1] a possible reference to their recent affiliation with Viacom via VBS.tv. After leaving Vice, McInness founded a company called Street Carnage with Derrick Beckles.
