Wiesław Weiss (born 1956) is a Polish
journalist
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and
writer
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interested in
rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
and film.
Weiss first rock music article was for ''Jazz'' magazine (the magazine subsequently changed its name to ''Magazyn Muzyczny'') and he has written for many other magazines over the years, including ''Film'' magazine and ''
Playboy
''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother.
K ...
''. He has also worked in radio, concentrating on rock music. In 1991 he and his friends created a monthly magazine called ''
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 ...
'' (''Just Rock''), which changed its name to ''
Teraz Rock
''Teraz Rock'' is a monthly hobby magazine in Poland about all kinds of Rock (music), rock music (Metal (music), metal, progressive rock, punk rock etc.).
History and profile
''Teraz Rock'' was founded in 2003 by Wiesław Królikowski, and WiesŠ...
'' (''Now Rock'') in 2003; Weiss has been editor-in-chief throughout this time.
[Teraz Rock w nowej formie](_blank)
''media2.pl'' (in Polish), March 31, 2009 (noting that Weiss is editor of this publication)
In 1991 Weiss completed his first ''Rock Encyclopaedia'', which was published by Iskry and sold more than 100,000 copies. He has published a book 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 ...
: ''About Cows, Pigs, Bugs and all the Music by Pink Floyd''. He has also published a book about
Roger Waters
George Roger Waters (born 6 September 1943) is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. In 1965, he co-founded the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. Waters initially served as the bassist, but following the departure of singer-so ...
: ''War Games–About all the Music of Roger Waters''.
He has conducted innumerable interviews with rock stars, and the material from some of these was collected in the book ''The Art of Rebellion: Conversations with the Saints and Sinners of Rock Music''.
''The Great Rock Encyclopaedia'', the first two parts of which have been published (part 2 in 2007), is a unique work, the single largest and most comprehensive encyclopaedia of rock music ever published anywhere in the world.
In 2009, his book ''
Kult. Biała księga'' was released.
[Sankowski, Robert.]
Kult. Biała księga, Weiss, Wiesław
'' Gazeta Wyborcza'' (book review in Polish), November 25, 2009
References
External links
Great Rock Encyclopaedia, vol. 1
1956 births
Living people
Polish journalists
Polish male writers
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