The Jungle Beat began in the basement of my friend Marc’s house one night in the early 90′s. I suppose that “fanzine” was the closest one word description of the publication, but I hated that word, so I called it a music newsletter. With Lotus AmiPro (their Word equivalent at the time) and a few random articles about music, The Jungle Beat was born. Our distribution was our local college campus, in various places around Rutgers University.. any place we could place a couple hundred copies. With a number of record (yes, record) company contacts, we reviewed CDs, interviewed artists, and reviewed live shows. This hobby became a great amount of fun, and an equal amount of work. Combined with being Program Director and then Music Director at our Livingston College radio station, many colleagues wondered how I didn’t end up doing this professionally. I miss it, though, and with this site, I’m bringing it back. I’ll bring in some archival articles as I dig them up, especially some interviews I’m particularly proud of. Yes, I was young and asked boring questions. Get over it! Please enjoy, and thank you so much for visiting. – George Huang