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<i>New York Rocker</i>

New York Rocker

Magazine

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 54 issues during its lifetime.[6]

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Ira Kaplan, guitarist and singer for Yo La Tengo, was a critic for the magazine.[7] 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.[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Powers, Ann (April 15, 2000). "Alan Betrock, 49, Pop Critic and Record Producer". New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Village Voice
  3. [3]
    Orth, Maureen (March 26, 1979). "The Beat Comes East". New York Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  4. [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. [5]
    "New York Rocker". Rock'sbackpages. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  6. [6]
    "New York Rocker: The Covers (1976 – 1982)". Flashbak. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  7. [7]
    Norris, Chris (May 12, 1997). "It Takes Three to Tengo". New York Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2009.
  8. [8]
    "dB's". Trouser Press. Retrieved December 31, 2009.


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