Loaded Magazine: A Brief History Of Its Rise And Fall

Loaded magazine was launched in May 1994 and ceased print publication in April 2015. Here are key dates related to Loaded magazine: * May 1994: Loaded magazine was launched

* April 2015: The last physical copy of Loaded magazine was published

* After April 2015: A brief version of Loaded magazine online quickly fizzled out

* Now: Loaded is set to make a comeback in digital form via the website loadedworld.

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Loaded magazine, one of the most popular '90s 'lads' mags', has announced it's set to make a comeback in digital form.

After launching in May 1994, the last physical copy of the controversial magazine - known for its scantily clad female celebrity cover stars and non-PC humour - was published in April 2015; a brief version online quickly fizzled out.

At its 90s and Noughties height, the magazine, which had the strap line 'for men who should know better', was one of Britain's biggest and bestselling publications, rivalled by FHM and copycat magazines Later, Maxim, Nuts and Zoo.

Its journalists bagged the biggest industry awards, and it was lauded for its fashion pages - although it also garnered plenty of criticism for its unapologetic 'laddism'.

Columnists were high profile with Jack Dee , Peter Crouch and Irvine Welsh among those writing for the magazine.

Now, Loaded will mark 30 years since it was first published with 'a digital rebellion' via the website loadedworld.com.

It'll have to go some way to make a mark as memorable - often for the wrong reasons - as its first incarnation.

Here, MailOnline looks back at some of the controversies that Loaded sparked in its first 21 years of being published...

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