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New York Rocker
Cover of the February 1982 issue, featuring The Blasters
CountryUnited States
Based inNew York City
LanguageEnglish

New York Rocker was a punk rock new wave magazine founded by Alan Betrock in 1976. In 1979, it had a circulation of 20,000. Betrock left the magazine in 1978, and Andy Schwartz took over as editor until 1982. When the magazine suspended publication in October 1982, Schwartz said, "There are people ready to finance the magazine, to put it on the footing it should be on." However, his optimism that "our chances are a lot better than others" of returning proved unfounded, and the magazine was closed that same year.

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.

Ira Kaplan, guitarist and singer for Yo La Tengo, was a critic for the magazine. 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.

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References

  1. Powers, Ann (April 15, 2000). "Alan Betrock, 49, Pop Critic and Record Producer". New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  2. Village Voice
  3. Orth, Maureen (March 26, 1979). "The Beat Comes East". New York Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  4. Gendron, Bernard (2002). "No wave". Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: popular music and the avant-garde. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-28735-1.
  5. Millman, Joyce (October 26, 1982). "Cellars". The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved September 28, 2024.
  6. "New York Rocker". Rock'sbackpages. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  7. "New York Rocker: The Covers (1976 – 1982)". Flashbak. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  8. "The Rock Mag Archive". Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  9. Norris, Chris (May 12, 1997). "It Takes Three to Tengo". New York Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  10. "dB's". Trouser Press. Retrieved December 31, 2009.

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