ROCK CITY NEWS
L.A.'s Local Rock Magazine
1983 to 2009


A Documentation
of L.A.'s
Great Music Scene





Publisher/Editor/Photographer
Ruben MacBlue

Hollywood, California
1980s - 1990s


Ruben Shot Continous Live Photos
of L.A.'s Best Bands
and Published Them Citywide
in Rock City News, LA ROCKS,
and SCRATCH Magazine for 26 Yeaars




Ruben MacBlue of Rock City News
Produced and Hosted
15 Annual L.A. Awards Shows
THE ROCKIES



Ruben's First Book is Called
Ruben Goes to Hollywood

Detailing his life from Michigan to Hollywood
and is available Here on Amazon









The New Record Release
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Released Jan 4, 2025
by Ruben MacBlue
on Rock City Records
available on Apple Music, Spitify, and YouTube



Here's some Rock City covers
from the good ol days. . . .
they're still on our old Myspace page
myspace.com/rockcitynews/photos

Our Facebook page is at
www.facebook.com/RockCityNews




An offshoot was the Rock City Railroad, a vintage store and model railroad.
Rock City closed due to copycats, a slowing music scene, and the L.A. Weekly.

Publisher/editor Ruben MacBlue then continued his publishing career with
LA JEMM, (The Los Angeles Journal for Education on Medical Marijuana),
which documented L.A.'s Medical Marijuana explosion,from 2005 - 2014.

JEMM Magazine included Inland Empire's IE JEMM and the Orange County's OC JEMM.
LA JEMM related events were held at the Rock City Railroad compound in Hollywood.
Eventually JEMM Magazine met the same fate as Rock City News and closed.

Ruben then left the cut-throat publishing business and retired,
moving an hour north to the High Desert to save a non-profit called Save-a-LIfe.
Ruben now lives on the Save-a-Life ranch and is organizing 40 years of archives






Here's a bluegrass version of Sweet Child O' Mine
by the band Thunder and Rain




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Rock City Railroad
5552 Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, CA 90028
(see map of the Rock City Railroad Complex below)



Visit the Rock City Railroad Complex in Hollywood
and see the Rock CIty Model Trains in action

4 scales of trains on one giant layout.
visit rockcityrailroad.com or
rockcitynews.com/railroad, or
Also check out the Antiques at the
Rock City Railroad Complex
We have 3 warehouses full of exotic items!

facebook.com/rockcitymodel railroad

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Also, Check out the Rock CIty Railroad Show
now showing weekly on Time Warner Cable
Go to Channel 1 (On Demand) and search for
California Gold Channel 101
Then Look for the Rock City Railroad Show!







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Check out some 80's Metal Rock Photos
- featuring the best Hollywood bands and girls -
From the Rock City Archives Pages







Free Rock City Train Ride here, or a
3D futuristic trip to Rock City Trainland
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Read the R.R.Story part 1 & 2





Rock City / Rock City News was first to discover/feature/publish photographs and stories of such L.A. bands as Static X, Sugar Ray, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Korn, System of a Down, Guns 'N' Roses, Lit, Poison, L.A. Guns, Jane's Addiction, Bullet Boys, & More! . . . Rock City News/Scratch Magazine was also L.A.'s first Rap Mag (1983 - 1985), first Goth Mag (1983 - 1988), first Underground Club Mag (1983 - 1990), first Glam Mag (1986 - 1992), first Hardcore Rock Mag and currently only Metal Rock Magazine. Rock City also provides entertainment through live shows, sponsorships, and the annual Rock City Awards show. As a publisher and photographer, Ruben MacBlue has shot continous live photos of L.A.'s best bands and published them nonstop every other week throughout Los Angeles since 1983 and on the world wide web since 1996. Ruben website is at www.rubenmacblue.com






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