Rock Street Journal
Editor | Amit Saigal |
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Categories | Rock |
Frequency | Monthly |
Circulation | 1, 42,000[1] |
Publisher | Amit Saigal |
First issue | January 1993 |
Company | Entertainment Media Services Pvt. Ltd. |
Country | India |
Language | English |
Website | www.rsjonline.com |
Rock Street Journal or RSJ is a monthly
History
Amit Saigal and Sam Eric Lal used to perform in a band called Impact in the 1980s. They realized that there was no support system in place for new and upcoming rock musicians and bands in India. They only had
Features
RSJ regularly covers professional and college festival concerts throughout India. It also publishes reviews of new music albums, new bands, old bands and everything that falls under the gamut of the Indian and the international rock scene, they also publish reviews of Indian Bands along with extensive reviews and interviews of International bands. Its website has an extensive database of over a thousand rock bands and musicians hailing from the Indian subcontinent, including desi rock bands from elsewhere in the world. The website also contains the official forums frequented by thousands of Indian rock fans. Between 2004 and 2007, a thread called the "Deadman show" was the most visited and read thread in the forum. Currently boasting of a registered database of over 40,000. Over the years RSJ changed the overall approach to the content and now covers an array of varied music and concerts. The magazine also regularly does free CD releases every month. The latest initiative however is the Breaking Boundaries Split EP series which features music from across the globe and renowned bands. The first edition featured Textures, New Way Home and Indian metal legends Bhayanak Maut, Scribe and Undying Inc. The second edition is rumored to feature bands like Tesseract, Fell Silent and hardcore band Norris from Canada. [5]
Concerts and music festivals
RSJ organizes the Great Indian Rock Festival each year showcasing the best among upcoming talent in rock and roll in the Indian subcontinent. The first GIR was in 1997 in
See also
References
- ^ Business Today4 June 2006.
- The Telegraph, 20 November 2004.
- ^ Needling Nostalgia: The Then and Now in Delhi's Independent Music Scene by Shomi Gupta, Norient 29 September 2023.
- ^ Interview: Face-to-face with Amit Saigal by Sandipta Sengupta, merinews.com, 20 July 2006.
- ^ "Welcome to RSJ Online". Archived from the original on 17 February 2007. Retrieved 17 February 2007.