New York Rocker

{{Infobox magazine | title = New York Rocker | image_file = New York Rocker, February 1982.webp | image_caption = Cover of the February 1982 issue, featuring The Blasters | 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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/15/arts/alan-betrock-49-pop-critic-and-record-producer.html?pagewanted=1|title=Alan Betrock, 49, Pop Critic and Record Producer|last=Powers|first=Ann|date=15 April 2000|work=New York Times|accessdate=1 January 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101123211813/http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-04-16/music/music/ Village Voice]</ref> In 1979, it had a circulation of 20,000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=19cCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA34|title=The Beat Comes East|last=Orth|first=Maureen|date=26 March 1979|work=New York Magazine|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref> Betrock left the magazine in 1978, and Andy Schwartz took over as editor until 1982.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gendron|first=Bernard|title=Between Montmartre and the Mudd Club: popular music and the avant-garde|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2002|chapter=No wave|isbn=0-226-28735-1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jtQAElFVUcC&pg=PT238}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Millman |first1=Joyce |title=Cellars |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-phoenix_1982-10-26_11_43/page/13/mode/1up |access-date=September 28, 2024 |work=The Boston Phoenix |date=October 26, 1982}}</ref> However, his optimism that "our chances are a lot better than others" of returning proved unfounded, and the magazine was closed that same year.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Rocker |url=https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Publication/new-york-rocker|work=Rock'sbackpages|accessdate=22 May 2020}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite web|title=New York Rocker: The Covers (1976 – 1982)|url=https://flashbak.com/new-york-rocker-the-covers-1976-1982-361672/|work=Flashbak |accessdate=22 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Rock Mag Archive |url=https://rockmagarchive.com |access-date=9 August 2024}}</ref>

Ira Kaplan, guitarist and singer for Yo La Tengo, was a critic for the magazine.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r-gCAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA51|title=It Takes Three to Tengo|last=Norris|first=Chris|date=12 May 1997|work=New York Magazine|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dbs|title=dB's|work=Trouser Press|accessdate=31 December 2009}}</ref>

==See also== *''Punk''

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Official website}} *[http://www.nyrocker.com/blog/ Andy Schwartz's ''NY Rocker'' blog] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120201327/http://www.nyrocker.com/blog/ |date=November 20, 2023 }} *{{cite web |last1=Jarnow |first1=Jesse (Aug. 2012) |title=New York Rocker and the Invention of Indie Rock |url=https://www.furious.com/perfect/newyorkrocker.html |website=PerfectSoundForever}}

Category:Music magazines published in the United States Category:Defunct magazines published in the United States Category:Magazines established in 1976 Category:Magazines disestablished in 1982 Category:New wave music Category:Punk mass media Category:Punk zines published in the United States Category:Magazines published in New York City