''Teraz Rock'' is a monthly hobby magazine in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

about all kinds of

rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...

music (

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progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

, punk rock etc.).

History and profile

''Teraz Rock'' was founded in 2003 by Wiesław Królikowski, and Wiesław Weiss. In 2003 the magazine staff have successfully cooperated with the new editor by the title „''Teraz Rock''” („Rock Now”), previously ''

Tylko Rock Tylko Rock (''Only Rock'') was a monthly hobby magazine published in Poland from 1991 until 2003. Focusing exclusively on rock music, ''Tylko Rock'' was founded in September 1991, by Wiesław Królikowski and Wiesław Weiss. A total of 134 issue ...

''. ''Teraz Rock'' is published by Advertigo S.A. on a monthly basis. Beside the founders, the core

journalists A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

are: Grzesiek Kszczotek, Bartek Koziczyński, Jacek Nizinkiewicz and Michał Kirmuć. Over the years „Teraz/Tylko Rock” has hosted monthly articles written by the most important Polish musicians such as

Czesław Niemen Czesław Niemen (; February 16, 1939 – January 17, 2004), born Czesław Juliusz Wydrzycki, and often credited as just Niemen, was one of the most important and original Polish singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the 20th century, singing ...

Kazik Staszewski Kazimierz Piotr Staszewski (born 12 March 1963), also known as Kazik, is a Polish singer and songwriter. He is the son of the architect and poet Stanisław Staszewski. He is the frontman of the band '' Kult'',Alexander Stephan, "The Americanizat ...

Lech Janerka Lech Andrzej Janerka (born 2 May 1953 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish songwriter, vocalist, and bassist. In the 1980s he was leader of a notable Polish post-punk Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad genre of punk music that em ...

Tomasz Budzyński Tomasz Maciej Budzyński (born 2 October 1962) is Polish musician, painter and poet, the lead vocalist of the band Armia. He has worked with bands ''2Tm2,3'', ''Budzy i Trupia Czaszka'', he was also first vocalist of punk rock band '' Siekiera' ...

and the members of

Myslovitz Myslovitz is a Polish rock band. The band take their name from their industrial hometown of Mysłowice in the Upper Silesia region of southern Poland. Band history Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen", ...

band. It also features outstanding contributing journalists e.g. Piotr Kaczkowski of

Polskie Radio Program III Polskie Radio Program III (Polish Radio Three), known also as Radiowa Trójka or shortly Trójka is a radio channel broadcast by the Polish public broadcaster, Polskie Radio. It is a music station playing a wide variety of music from rock, altern ...

. The journalists of the magazine regularly publish books covering rock music. Wiesław Weiss has written „The Great Rock Encyclopedia” and several books about

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic music, psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philo ...

. Wiesław Królikowski is the author of „The Polish Rock Records Guide”. Bartek Koziczyński has written unofficial biographies of

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and

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. “''Teraz Rock''” is the only music magazine in Poland with circulation audited by ZKDP (Press Association of Distribution and Sales Control).

References

External links

Official website
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