''Rock Express'' ( sr-cyr, italic=yes, Рок Експрес) was a
Serbia
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music magazine A music magazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Such magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoots, essays, record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a covermount with recorded music.
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History
''Rock Express'' was founded in 1997.
The magazine's Editor-in-Chief was Branko Rogošić.
The first issue was released in October 1997, and the last, 42nd issue was released in December 2004.
Metal Express
In January 1999, ''Rock Express'' started to publish ''Metal Express'', dedicated to
heavy metal music
Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a ...
.
''Metal Express'' was initially released as a
supplement for ''Rock Express'', but later appeared as an independent publication. The last, 15th issue of ''Metal Express'' was released in April 2004.
Rock Express Records
In 1997, ''Rock Express'' started its own record label, Rock Express Records.
Rock Express Records at Encyclopaedia Metallum
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/ref> Some of the artists that have been signed to Rock Express Records include:
* DraconicKraljevski Apartman
Kraljevski Apartman ( sr-cyr, Краљевски Апартман; trans. ''Royal Suite'') is a Serbian heavy metal band from Belgrade. The band rose to prominence during the late 1990s and early 2000s, becoming one of the most popular bands on ...
Strapping Young Lad
Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, ''Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing' ...
and Brujeria
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for the Serbian market.
See also
*Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times
100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka (''Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times'') was a list compiled by the Serbian music magazine '' Rock Express''. In 1999, ''Rock Express'' started the poll for the selection of top 100 Yugoslav rock so ...
References
External links
Rock Express Records at Discogs
Defunct magazines published in Serbia
Magazines established in 1997
Magazines disestablished in 2004
Monthly magazines
Music magazines published in Serbia
Serbian-language magazines
Serbian rock music
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