Mike Shea started Alternative Press out of his bedroom when he was 19 years old, living at his mom's house in Aurora, Ohio. The first issue of AP, an offset-printed, four-page fanzine designed like a high school newspaper, was handed out the night of June 6, 1985 at a punk-rock bar that was located in the Flats in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. More than 30 years later, AltPress is now one of the largest and most influential media companies in the United States for the discovery of new music.