Rock

Launched in 1969, Rock was a New York-based bi-weekly music magazine in newspaper format. It ceased publication in the mid-1970s.
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Live Review by Jim Esposito, Rock, 26 February 1973
ALMOST EVERYTHING about Rock & Roll Nine was good in some ways and bad in others. Celebrated on an isolated raceway in the swampy boondocks ...
Alice Cooper: Alice's New Snake – Yvonne Likes Her Work
Profile by Jim Esposito, Rock, 17 July 1972
THERE ARE lots of rumors circulating the rock industry, especially about Alice Cooper. However, the one about Alice having to get rid of his old ...
Deep Purple: Who Do Deep Purple Think They Are?
Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock, 26 February 1973
2021 INTRODUCTION: Wrote this story based on interviews I had with Deep Purple the night they played Pirate's World in Dania, Florida, on December 16th, ...
Willie Dixon: It's Not the Singer, It's the Song
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock, 1972
2013 NOTE: Hard to imagine today but even as late as 1972 the contributions of the old black blues masters were still not recognized by ...
Review by Jim Esposito, Rock, 29 January 1973
2013 NOTE: I was into Deep Purple so when I noticed this debut album by a hitherto unknown group called Elf was produced by Roger ...
Jo Jo Gunne: The Tour Goes On And On
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock, 23 October 1972
JAY FERGUSON stood in the lobby of the auditorium where Jo Jo Gunne were playing, beneath a huge neon-lit marquee that read "Hockey Game Tues ...
Review by Dan Nooger, Rock, June 1972
One of the finest bassists and composers of the 20th century ...
Frank Zappa, The Mothers Of Invention: You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here: Frank Zappa
Profile and Interview by David G. Walley, Rock, 8 June 1970
"Always wondered whether I could make it in society because it's a drag when you're rejected..." ( Frank Zappa c. 1965) ...
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock, December 1972
IT'S VIRTUALLY impossible to do anything even resembling country rock nowadays without being compared to Poco in some aspect or another, because if Poco didn't ...
Quicksilver Messenger Service: Quicksilver: Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock, 6 November 1972
ACCORDING TO LEAD guitarist Gary Duncan, Quicksilver is going through a "transitory period," mainly because of all the trouble they've been having with their label. ...
Report and Interview by Jim Esposito, Rock, November 1972
2012 NOTE: I was young, probably a bit too much of a fan, and just looking to do a superficial, light-hearted story, but we now ...
Cat Stevens: Easy Does It: Cat Stevens
Interview by Bud Scoppa, Rock, 24 May 1971
STEPHEN GIORGIO and Alun Davies sat in straight-backed chairs facing 2300 non-believers. From the Fillmore East balcony, Cat Stevens and partner looked hopelessly tiny. Just ...
Report and Interview by Michael Gross, Rock, 1976
THE POOL AREA of The Doral Hotel on Miami Beach was virtually empty. A few children splashed in the water, a small group of double-knit ...
Stevie Wonder: Music Of My Mind (Tamla)
Review by Vernon Gibbs, Rock, June 1972
A breakaway from restrictive formulas ...
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