New York Rocker Explained
| New York Rocker |
| Country: | United States |
| Based: | New York City |
| Language: | English |
New York Rocker was a punk rock new wave magazine founded by Alan Betrock in 1976.[1] [2] In 1979, it had a circulation of 20,000.[3] Betrock left the magazine in 1978, and Andy Schwartz took over as editor until 1982.[4] The same year the magazine was closed.[5] It published a total of 55 regular issues during its lifetime, plus a May 1979 issue of pictorial content named PIX and two issues of a resurrected version published by Iman Lababedi in 1984.[6] [7]
Ira Kaplan, guitarist and singer for Yo La Tengo, was a critic for the magazine.[8] The dB's wrote and recorded the song, "I Read New York Rocker" in tribute to the magazine and recorded several demos in the magazine's offices.[9]
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- News: Alan Betrock, 49, Pop Critic and Record Producer. Powers. Ann. 15 April 2000. New York Times. 1 January 2010.
- http://www.villagevoice.com/2000-04-18/music/music/ Village Voice
- News: The Beat Comes East. Orth. Maureen. 26 March 1979. New York Magazine. 31 December 2009.
- Book: Gendron, Bernard. Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: popular music and the avant-garde. University of Chicago Press. 2002. No wave. 0-226-28735-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=2jtQAElFVUcC&pg=PT238.
- Web site: New York Rocker . Rock'sbackpages. 22 May 2020.
- Web site: New York Rocker: The Covers (1976 – 1982). Flashbak . 22 May 2020.
- Web site: The Rock Mag Archive . 9 August 2024.
- News: It Takes Three to Tengo. Norris. Chris. 12 May 1997. New York Magazine. 31 December 2009.
- Web site: dB's. Trouser Press. 31 December 2009.
