 Cover of the February 1982 issue, featuring The Blasters | |
| Country | United States |
|---|---|
| Based in | New York City |
| Language | English |
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] 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." [5] However, his optimism that "our chances are a lot better than others" of returning proved unfounded, and the magazine was closed that same year. [6]
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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. [7] [8]
Ira Kaplan, guitarist and singer for Yo La Tengo, was a critic for the magazine. [9] 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. [10]
