NEW MUSIC MAGAZINE changed his name to MUSIC MAGAZINE in 1980. It shifted from focusing on overseas rock to covering a wide range of popular music, including Japanese rock, pop, and even world music. The background to this is that rock, which was supposed to be an anti-establishment and anti-authority subculture in Japan and the United States, has become commercialistic .
It is a sister toレコード・コレクターズ - RECORD COLLECTOR'S MAGAZINE.