Rock's Backpages is the world's most comprehensive online database of pop music writing, a unique resource unavailable elsewhere online. It contains an ever-expanding collection of primary-source full-text articles from the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day, along with a collection of exclusive audio interviews.
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For institutions, Rock's Backpages is provided as an unlimited access subscription, meaning that all staff, students and library patrons have unrestricted remote and on-site access to each text and audio file in the database. For full terms, please click here.
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Rock's Backpages is the world's most comprehensive online database of pop music writing, a unique resource unavailable elsewhere online. It contains an ever-expanding collection of primary-source full-text articles from the music and mainstream press from the 1950s to the present day, along with a collection of exclusive audio interviews.
Subscriptions to Rock’s Backpages are available for institutional or personal use.
Institutional
For institutions, Rock's Backpages is provided as an unlimited access subscription, meaning that all staff, students and library patrons have unrestricted remote and on-site access to each text and audio file in the database. For full terms, please click here.
Please visit our Institutional Subscriptions page for further information and to arrange for a trial or quote.
Personal
Individuals can subscribe to Rock’s Backpages for three, six and twelve months to get unlimited access to the complete Rock’s Backpages archive.
Please visit our Personal Subscriptions page for pricing and to place your order.
Signing up for the RBP newsletter provides access to a limited number of free articles, as well as six new free articles every week.
