New York Rocker

New York Rocker was a punk rock new wave magazine founded by Alan Betrock in 1976.^[1][2] Betrock left the magazine in 1978, and Andy Schwartz took over as editor until 1982.^[3] In 1979, it had a circulation of 20,000.^[4]

Ira Kaplan, guitarist and singer for Yo La Tengo, was a critic for the magazine.^[5] 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.^[6]

See also

• Punk (magazine)

References

1. ^ Powers, Ann (15 April 2000). "Alan Betrock, 49, Pop Critic and Record Producer". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/15/arts/alan-betrock-49-pop-critic-and-record-producer.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved 1 January 2010. 
2. ^ Village Voice
3. ^ 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=2jtQAElFVUcC&pg=PT238#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
4. ^ Orth, Maureen (26 March 1979). "The Beat Comes East". New York Magazine. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=19cCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
5. ^ Norris, Chris (12 May 1997). "It Takes Three to Tengo". New York Magazine. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=r-gCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 
6. ^ "dB's". Trouser Press. http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dbs. Retrieved 31 December 2009. 

External links

• Official NY Rocker website
• Andy Schwartz's NY Rocker blog

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