Rockpages
Encyclopedia
Rockpages.gr is a website
and online music magazine, featuring most of the genres of rock
and heavy metal
, through CD and DVD reviews, news, concert reviews and musician interviews. Rockpages is the parent and largest of three websites run under the same management: Rockmachine.gr, online rock radio station, playing basically American and European rock music, and RockpagesTV, currently on beta version and to be fully launched in April 2010.
In summer 2008, it got a new logo and a total facelift. Since its launch, Rockpages.gr has grown and is among the 200,000 more popular websites in the world and among the 2,000 more popular in Greece, according to Alexa
.
It features numerous interviews and album reviews, from classic rock
, hard rock
, heavy metal
and other sub genres. Key interviews have been with Deep Purple
's Ian Gillan
, Ronnie James Dio
, Uriah Heep
, Aerosmith
's Tom Hamilton, Cheap Trick
, Kiss
' Eric Singer
, Desmond Child
, Toto
, Anthrax
etc.
Several articles have been republished on Metal Hammer
Greece, notably a Alice Cooper
interview in the March 2006, and Rock Hard
Greece.
Rockpages.gr has been constantly receiving press publicity of its interviews by main rock and metal news portals, like Blabbermouth, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
, Melodic Rock and others.
In 2007 and after the decline of rock radio in Greece, Rockpages.gr launched Rockmachine, an online radio station, playing classic rock and metal songs, but also featuring new releases.
Recently, it has been reported by Rockpages.gr its will to launch a web TV website, featuring interviews, concert and news footage. The beta version is already being tested.
On January 23, Rockpages celebrated its 7th anniversary organizing a concert with the renowned Greek metal band Spitfire, gathering 500 people at An Club.
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
and online music magazine, featuring most of the genres of rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
and heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
, through CD and DVD reviews, news, concert reviews and musician interviews. Rockpages is the parent and largest of three websites run under the same management: Rockmachine.gr, online rock radio station, playing basically American and European rock music, and RockpagesTV, currently on beta version and to be fully launched in April 2010.
History
Rockpages.gr was founded in February 2003. Started as a self-made effort of a small group of people, but soon gained the trust of its visitors and evolved to host and publish daily updates, numerous reviews and interviews on a weekly basis.In summer 2008, it got a new logo and a total facelift. Since its launch, Rockpages.gr has grown and is among the 200,000 more popular websites in the world and among the 2,000 more popular in Greece, according to Alexa
Alexa Internet
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.
It features numerous interviews and album reviews, from classic rock
Classic rock
Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...
, hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
, heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
and other sub genres. Key interviews have been with Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...
's Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan is an English rock music vocalist and songwriter, best known as the lead singer and lyricist for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan also fronted his own band, had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath, and sang the role of Jesus in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd...
, Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
, Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep (band)
Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969 and regarded as a seminal classic hard rock act of the 1970s. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always been massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and David Byron's operatic vocals...
, Aerosmith
Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...
's Tom Hamilton, Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
, Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
' Eric Singer
Eric Singer
Eric Doyle Mensinger , better known as Eric Singer, is a hard rock and heavy metal drummer for the rock band Kiss and formerly for singer Alice Cooper...
, Desmond Child
Desmond Child
Desmond Child is an American musician, songwriter, and producer. He is a member of the Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Career:...
, Toto
Toto (band)
Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
, Anthrax
Anthrax (band)
Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
etc.
Several articles have been republished on Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
Greece, notably a Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
interview in the March 2006, and Rock Hard
Rock Hard
Rock Hard is an EP by the Beastie Boys, released by Def Jam Records on 12" in 1985. The song, and the accompanying songs on the 12", feature the band's debut rap effort....
Greece.
Rockpages.gr has been constantly receiving press publicity of its interviews by main rock and metal news portals, like Blabbermouth, Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles
, Melodic Rock and others.
In 2007 and after the decline of rock radio in Greece, Rockpages.gr launched Rockmachine, an online radio station, playing classic rock and metal songs, but also featuring new releases.
Recently, it has been reported by Rockpages.gr its will to launch a web TV website, featuring interviews, concert and news footage. The beta version is already being tested.
On January 23, Rockpages celebrated its 7th anniversary organizing a concert with the renowned Greek metal band Spitfire, gathering 500 people at An Club.