Rock and Read
Rock and Read (stylized as ROCK AND READ, abbreviated to RR) is a Japanese music magazine, of Mook format, published bimonthly since 2004. Its publisher is Shinko Music Entertainment and its editor is Koji Yoshida, representing Axel Communications. It features long interviews with musicians mainly from the visual kei scene. In 2004, the music magazine Band Yarouze ceased publication. Koji Yoshida, who had been editing it, launched Rock and Read in the same year, initially called Real Read and published independently.