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'''MusicMight''' (formerly '''Rockdetector''') is a [[rock music]] [[website]] which provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series. Based in New Zealand, the site was founded by British writer Garry Sharpe-Young, and was backed by a small team of international writers who contribute to the site.
{{short description|Rock music website}}


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'''MusicMight''' (formerly '''RockDetector''') was a [[rock music]] website that provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series. Based in New Zealand, the site was founded by British writer '''Garry Sharpe-Young'''<!--boldface per WP:R#PLA-->, and was backed by a small team of international writers who contribute to the site.
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==Database contents==
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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 had over 59,400+ bands listed. The site includes over 92,000 releases in 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.


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== Database contents ==
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Additional features include extensive discographies, pictures of the bands, their logos and their albums covers, upcoming concerts and album reviews.
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The database covered 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 had over 59,400+ bands listed. The site included over 92,000 releases in the database and almost 659,000 songs. The site also had an international concert guide of over 300,000 concerts, archiving from 1965. The site also featured extensive and unique band biographies, many of which were the result of direct, first-hand interviews with band members conducted by Sharpe-Young during his many years as a heavy metal journalist.

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


The site went without updates for some time, bearing a message that a new expanded version of Rockdetector is on its way. On 1 September 2008 the site started after more than one year of re-programming and testing with an improved concept, layout and a re-designed database under the new name Musicmight.com with 60,000 artists and 144,000 persons included in the database.
The site went without updates for some time, bearing a message that a new expanded version of Rockdetector is on its way. On 1 September 2008 the site started after more than one year of re-programming and testing with an improved concept, layout and a re-designed database under the new name Musicmight.com with 60,000 artists and 144,000 persons included in the database.


Garry Sharpe-Young died in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136717 Roadrunnerrecords.com] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/67EZW60wk?url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article |date=2012-04-27 }}</ref> Site development, expansion and data additions have since halted, and the site was later taken down.
Sharpe-Young died in March 2010.<ref>[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136717 Roadrunnerrecords.com] {{webarchive|url=https://www.webcitation.org/67EZW60wk?url=http://legacy.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=136717 |date=27 April 2012 }}</ref> Site development, expansion and data additions have since halted, and the site was later taken down.


==Growth==
== Growth ==
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| 156 205 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/search?q=&t=person&x=13&y=8&page=1 |title=Person counter |publisher=Musicmight.com |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref>
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| 70 814 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicmight.com/search?q=&t=artist&x=12&y=6&page=1 |title=Artist counter |publisher=Musicmight.com |date=24 April 2009 |access-date=31 January 2010}}</ref>
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==Books==
== Books ==
*''Black Metal'' - September 2001
*''Black Metal'' – September 2001
*''Death Metal'' - September 2001
*''Death Metal'' – September 2001
*''Ozzy Osbourne'' - February 2002
*''Ozzy Osbourne'' – February 2002
*''Thrash Metal'' - October 2002
*''Thrash Metal'' – October 2002
*''Power Metal'' - February 2003
*''Power Metal'' – February 2003
*''Doom, Gothic & Stoner Metal'' - February 2003
*''Doom, Gothic & Stoner Metal'' – February 2003
*''80s Rock'' - July 2003
*''80s Rock'' – July 2003
*''Black Sabbath - Never Say Die'' - 2004
*''Black Sabbath – Never Say Die'' – 2004
*''New Wave of American Heavy Metal'' - November 2005
*''New Wave of American Heavy Metal'' – November 2005
*''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - The Battle For Black Sabbath'' - August 2006
*''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – The Battle For Black Sabbath'' – August 2006
*''Thrash Metal - Amended'' - October 2007
*''Thrash Metal – Amended'' – October 2007
*''Death Metal - Amended'' - April 2008
*''Death Metal – Amended'' – April 2008


==References==
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
*[http://www.musicmight.com Official website]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090504190112/http://www.musicmight.com/ Official website]
*{{cite web|url= http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/news/archives/13-www.rockdetector.com-hits-50,000-bands.html|title= www.rockdetector.com hits 50,000 bands|accessdate= 2007-09-30|last= Coleman|first= Jennifer|date= 2006-10-26|work= World Metal News|publisher= [[Bloodstock Open Air]]|deadurl= yes|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070602121443/http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/news/archives/13-www.rockdetector.com-hits-50,000-bands.html|archivedate= 2007-06-02|df= }}
*{{cite web|url= http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/news/archives/13-www.rockdetector.com-hits-50,000-bands.html|title= www.rockdetector.com hits 50,000 bands|access-date= 30 September 2007|last= Coleman|first= Jennifer|date= 26 October 2006|work= World Metal News|publisher= [[Bloodstock Open Air]]|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070602121443/http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/news/archives/13-www.rockdetector.com-hits-50,000-bands.html|archive-date= 2 June 2007}}
*{{cite web |url= http://metal-rules.com/interviews/Rockdetector.htm|title= Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com|accessdate=2007-09-30|publisher= Metal-Rules.com}}
*{{cite web |url= http://metal-rules.com/interviews/Rockdetector.htm|title= Garry Sharpe-Young of Rockdetector.com|access-date=30 September 2007|publisher= Metal-Rules.com}}
*{{cite web |url= http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/rockdetector_death.php|title= Rockdetector: A to Z of Death Metal; Garry Sharpe-Young|accessdate= 2007-09-30|publisher= Cherry Red Books|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070210162548/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/rockdetector_death.php|archivedate=2007-02-10 }}
*{{cite web |url= http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/rockdetector_death.php|title= Rockdetector: A to Z of Death Metal; Garry Sharpe-Young|access-date= 30 September 2007|publisher= Cherry Red Books|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070210162548/http://www.cherryred.co.uk/books/rockdetector_death.php|archive-date=10 February 2007 }}


[[Category:Heavy metal publications]]
[[Category:Heavy metal publications]]
[[Category:Music websites]]
[[Category:New Zealand music websites]]
[[Category:New Zealand music organisations]]

Latest revision as of 06:03, 12 August 2023

MusicMight (formerly RockDetector) was a rock music website that provides artist and product information through a global website and an ongoing book series. Based in New Zealand, the site was founded by British writer Garry Sharpe-Young, and was backed by a small team of international writers who contribute to the site.

Database contents[edit]

The database covered 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 had over 59,400+ bands listed. The site included over 92,000 releases in the database and almost 659,000 songs. The site also had an international concert guide of over 300,000 concerts, archiving from 1965. The site also featured extensive and unique band biographies, many of which were 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 included extensive discographies, pictures of the bands, their logos and their albums covers, upcoming concerts and album reviews.

The site went without updates for some time, bearing a message that a new expanded version of Rockdetector is on its way. On 1 September 2008 the site started after more than one year of re-programming and testing with an improved concept, layout and a re-designed database under the new name Musicmight.com with 60,000 artists and 144,000 persons included in the database.

Sharpe-Young died in March 2010.[1] Site development, expansion and data additions have since halted, and the site was later taken down.

Growth[edit]

Date Artists Persons Recordings Songs
March 2005 30 000[2]
26 October 2006 50 000[3]
July 2007 56 500 - 89 500 638 500
December 2007 59 400 - 92 000 659 000
September 2008 60 000 144 012 - -
4 October 2008 60 774 145 825 - -
15 March 2009 67 186 156 205 [4] - -
9 June 2009 70 814 [5] - -
11 February 2010 208 562 216 645 - -

Books[edit]

  • Black Metal – September 2001
  • Death Metal – September 2001
  • Ozzy Osbourne – February 2002
  • Thrash Metal – October 2002
  • Power Metal – February 2003
  • Doom, Gothic & Stoner Metal – February 2003
  • 80s Rock – July 2003
  • Black Sabbath – Never Say Die – 2004
  • New Wave of American Heavy Metal – November 2005
  • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – The Battle For Black Sabbath – August 2006
  • Thrash Metal – Amended – October 2007
  • Death Metal – Amended – April 2008

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roadrunnerrecords.com Archived 27 April 2012 at WebCite
  2. ^ "ROCKDETECTOR Reaches 30,000-Band Landmark Tally – Mar. 5, 2005". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  3. ^ "ROCKDETECTOR: 50,000 Bands And Counting – Oct. 29, 2006". Blabbermouth. Archived from the original on 27 April 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Person counter". Musicmight.com. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ "Artist counter". Musicmight.com. 24 April 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MusicMight&oldid=1169929973"