Rockdetector

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Rockdetector is a rock music website conceived by Garry Sharpe-Young in 2001. It provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series. Currently based in New Zealand, the site was founded by UK author, artist and noted metal academic Garry Sharpe-Young, and is backed by a small team of international writers who contribute to the site.

The database covers many styles and ages of rock music, such as thrash metal, black metal, death metal, radio rock and nu metal. As of December 2007, the database has over 59,400+ bands listed. The site includes over 92,000 releases in the the database and almost 659,000 songs. The site also has an international concert guide of over 300,000 concerts, archiving from 1965. The site also features extensive and unique band biographies, many of which are the result of direct, first-hand interviews with band members conducted by Sharpe-Young during his many years as a Heavy Metal journalist.

Additional features include extensive discographies, pictures of the bands, their logos and their albums covers, upcoming concerts and album reviews.

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Coleman, Jennifer (2006-10-26). www.rockdetector.com hits 50,000 bands. World Metal News. Bloodstock. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
• Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com. Metal-Rules.com. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.
• Rockdetector: A to Z of Death Metal; Garry Sharpe-Young. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on 2007-10-02. Retrieved on 2007-09-30.