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Rock's Backpages

Online archive of music journalism featuring over 50,000 articles from the 1950s until today. Includes articles, reviews and interviews in both print and audio.

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Rock’s Backpages features a vast library of content - from ABBA to Zappa, the Stones to the Stone Roses and from Elvis to Eminem. This eResource features:

  • Full-text articles that can be searched by artist, writer, date, genre and keyword;
  • A - Z lists of subjects, artists, writers and publications you can browse;
  • Audio recordings;
  • Music publications from the US and UK: from Creem and Trouser Press to Rolling Stone, and from New Musical Express and Melody Maker to MOJO;
  • Previously unpublished pieces about the Beatles, the Doors and others;
  • Seminal interviews with major artists from Bob Dylan to Radiohead.

Over 40 articles a week are added to Rock’s backpages a week. Articles have been sourced from music and the mainstream press with contributions from over 600 journalists.

Please note that the audio recordings vary in quality – tape hiss and background noise will frequently be present. The recordings are given quality ratings as most of these interviews have been recorded on portable cassettes in variable conditions.

Rock's Backpages

Rock's Backpages

Online archive of music journalism with over 50,000 articles. Includes articles, reviews, podcasts and interviews in both print and audio.

Recent necrology, November 2024

Some well-known people who have died recently including musician and composer, Quincy Jones and author Barbara Taylor-Bradford.

Quincy Jones 1933-2024 - Rock's Backpages

A titan of music Quincy Jones died 3 November 2024. Read more about him in Rock's Backpages, and browse our catalogue for more.

Recent necrology, October 2024

Some well-known people who have died recently including NZ poet, Fleur Adcock, and former One Direction singer, Liam Payne.
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