Rock Express

{{Short description|Former Serbian music magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | image_file = RockExpress32.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Cover of the 32nd issue, featuring Ozzy Osbourne | frequency = Monthly | paid_circulation = | unpaid_circulation = | total_circulation = | circulation_year = | language = Serbian | category = Music magazine | editor = Branko Rogošić | editor_title = Editor-in-Chief | publisher = Rock Express | firstdate = October 1997 | lastdate = December 2004 | founded = 1997 | country = Yugoslavia (1997-2003)<br> Serbia (2003-2004) | website = }}

'''''Rock Express''''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|italic=yes|Рок Експрес}}) was a Serbian music magazine.

==History== ''Rock Express'' was founded in 1997.<ref name="janjatović">{{cite book|last=Janjatović|first=Petar|title= EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006|year=2007|publisher=self-released|location=Belgrade|page=303}}</ref> The magazine's Editor-in-Chief was Branko Rogošić.<ref name="janjatović" /> The first issue was released in October 1997, and the last, 42nd issue was released in December 2004.<ref name="janjatović" />

==Metal Express== In January 1999, ''Rock Express'' started to publish ''Metal Express'', dedicated to heavy metal music.<ref name="janjatović" /> ''Metal Express'' was initially released as a supplement for ''Rock Express'', but later appeared as an independent publication. The last, 15th issue of ''Metal Express'' was released in April 2004.<ref name="janjatović" />

==Rock Express Records== In 1997, ''Rock Express'' started its own record label, Rock Express Records.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Rock_Express_Records/419 |title=Rock Express Records at Encyclopaedia Metallum |access-date=2013-03-18 |archive-date=2012-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104130031/http://www.metal-archives.com/labels/Rock_Express_Records/419 |url-status=live }}</ref> The label was mostly heavy metal-oriented.<ref name="discogs">{{Cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Rock+Express+Records |title=Rock Express Records at Disogs |access-date=2013-03-18 |archive-date=2012-10-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019011425/http://www.discogs.com/label/Rock+Express+Records |url-status=live }}</ref> Some of the artists that have been signed to Rock Express Records include: *Draconic<ref name="discogs" /> *Kraljevski Apartman<ref name="discogs"/> *May Result<ref name="discogs"/> The label also reissued albums by former Yugoslav heavy metal acts, most notably Gordi and Heller, and issued albums by foreign acts like Strapping Young Lad and Brujeria for the Serbian market.<ref name="discogs"/>

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==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/label/Rock+Express+Records Rock Express Records at Discogs]

Category:Defunct magazines published in Serbia Category:Magazines established in 1997 Category:Magazines disestablished in 2004 Category:Monthly magazines Category:Music magazines published in Serbia Category:Serbian-language magazines Category:Serbian rock music