Rock (magazine)
 Cover of the 15th issue of Rock 82, featuring Grace Jones, from the time when the magazine was supplement for Strip 82. | |
| Categories | Music magazine |
|---|---|
| Publisher | NIP Politika |
| Year founded | 1982 |
| First issue | April 1982 |
| Final issue | December 1990 |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbian |
Rock was a Yugoslav music magazine, published from 1982 to 1990.
History
Rock was first published in April 1982, under the name Rock 82.[1] Initially, Rock 82 was as a supplement of NIP Politika's comic magazine Strip 82,[1] the back cover of Strip 82 being the front cover of Rock 82. The magazine was published in an unusual format of 11x30cm. The first editor-in-chief of Rock 82[1] and the initiator of the magazine publishing was critic Peca Popović.[2] In an interview for the documentary series Rockovnik Popović stated:
| “ | I believed that the generation which had already been introduced to MTV, [...] the generation of young, curious people that had already seen how the video killed the radio star, deserves a bit of a different magazine. A bit more visual magazine, a magazine with a different sensibility, featuring a different generation of authors, just as Džuboks in the 1970s had a talented, brave, great generation. I believed that there were more people who, unfortunately, weren't writing for the papers. It turned out they were good too.[2] | ” |
From January 1983, Rock began being published as an independent periodical released as newspaper in tabloid format, and then in March 1985, it started releasing in magazine format.[1] In 1985, 7" single with the charity song "Za milion godina", the Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid, was released with the magazine.[3]
Popović was succeeded by Vladislav Bajac, who was succeeded by Dragan Todorović.[1] Since October 1988, the magazine was edited by Saša Gajević, and was published under the name Pop Rock.[1] The last, 161st issue, was released on December 13, 1990.[1]
Journalists and contributors
Some of the journalists and contributors to Rock include:
- Dejan Cukić
- Snežana Golubović
- Jadranka Janković
- Petar Janjatović
- Petar Luković
- Ivana Marković
- Peca Popović
- Goran Vejvoda
- Dušan Vesić