The Rocket (music magazine)

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The Rocket

Cover of the April 7–21, 1999 issue (#299), parodying the cover of Sub Pop 200
Editor	Robert W. McChesney (1979-1983)
Editor	Charles R. Cross (1986-2000)
Categories	Rock music
Frequency	Monthly (1979-1992) Biweekly (1992-2000)
Founder	Robert W. McChesney
Founded	1979
First issue	October 1, 1979; 44 years ago (1979-10-01)
Final issue	October 18, 2000; 23 years ago (2000-10-18)
Country	United States
Based in	Seattle, Washington
Language	English

The Rocket was a free biweekly music magazine serving the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, published from 1979 to 2000. The magazine's chief purpose was to document local music. This focus distinguished it from other area weeklies such as the Seattle Weekly and the Willamette Week, which reported more on local news and politics. Originally solely a Seattle-based magazine, a Portland, Oregon edition was introduced in 1991. In general, the two editions contained the same content, with some slight variations (i.e., different concert calendars) although occasionally they ran different cover stories.