p-rock

Description: P-Rock TV was a UK based music channel, which played mostly Punk, Ska, and Hardcore Punk videos in 2002 and then later ... more

p-rock ... in 2003. P-rock's founder Mark Shipman, had stated that lack of commitment and punctuality by advertisers led to the decision to close the channel down, as although it was receiving 600,000 viewers a week it was no longer financially secure. The channel managed a pretty much non-stop stream of viewer-selected videos filled on the schedule, while there were features such as the Top 10 at weekends, or late at night. The channel also allowed itself to show some of the less savoury, but ultimately better, music videos at night that were banned from daytime showing (like the video to highly gory Misfits song, Scream).

Newest Review: ... more specialised programmes. P-rock played videos constantly, chosen by viewer phone votes in the manner of the other channels, but there was much more focus on contemporary and classic punk rock than metal. BANDS The channel?s popularity relied partially upon th e inclusion of ... more

... popular artists among its tracklist, however there also seemed to be a lot of interest in bands that rarely had any time devoted to them on other channels. Over the Christmas 2002 period, the channel notably played videos by Rancid, the Ra...more

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p-rock: Punk's Not Dead? (727 words)
by - written on 29/04/04 (Very useful, 2778 readings)
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In the modern, digital world, a single music channel is not enough to accommodate the constant stream of varied musical styles and complete trash, and this has led to extensions of the MTV company into more specialised areas, as well as appearances by independent channels. P-rock falls into the latter category and is no longer a member of the digital realm, its lifecycle being turbulent, unpredictable and quite fun. AUDIENCE P-rock catered primarily for fans of punk rock music, a genre that has increased in popularity here in Britain through the efforts of more accessible bands such ... Read the complete review

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by - written on 12/08/03
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P-Rock - Advantages: bands like soco, everyone go on this link, they rule! - http://www.ufanz.com/teams/tracking.asp?ti=147&mi=31200, many good bands - not as many sold-out as kerrang, 24 hour - Disadvantages: looks a bit poor, has technical difficulties and goes off air occasionally, not on ntl :(