Bob Guccione Jr.
Robert Charles Guccione Jr., (born 1956), the son of Bob Guccione, is best known for founding the music magazine Spin.
He launched the magazine in 1985 with a loan from his father, who attempted to wrest control of the magazine from him two years later. After this bid proved unsuccessful Guccione, Sr. left the project, forcing his son to find investors to pay off the loan. These events resulted in an estrangement of the pair which lasted for a decade.
Guccione Jr. sold the magazine to Vibe in 1997. Guccione currently owns and operates Discover Media, LLC which publishes the science magazine Discover.
He has dated radical, oddball author Ann Coulter and Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell.
He was verbally attacked by Axl Rose in the Guns N' Roses song Get in the Ring, along with a number of other people related to the music industry. The lyrics said "Bob Guccione Jr. at Spin, what? You're pissed off that your daddy gets more pussy than you? Fuck you! Suck my fucking dick! Get in the ring motherfucker, and I'll kick your bitchy little ass." Having done karate for nine years, Guccione accepted the challenge, however no fight with Rose ever occurred.
He is a practicing Roman Catholic.