Hartbeat! was a German music magazine that existed from 1984 to 1998. The magazine carried articles on punk rock, power pop, garage rock, beat music, rock music, and psychedelic music styles.[1] The time period of the music detailed ranged from the 1960s to the late 1990s.
The magazine was published in English at irregular intervals.[2] The editor was Hans-Jürgen Klitsch, who also wrote two books on the German Beatscene of the 1960s: "Shakin' All Over - Die Beatmusik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1963 - 1967" (High Castle 2000; revised 2001) und "Otto & die Beatlejungs - Die Beatszene der 60er Jahre zwischen Oldenburg, Emden und Wilhelmshaven" (Isensee 2008).