[1] Initially, Rock 82 was a supplement of NIP Politika's comic magazine Strip 82;[1] the back cover of Strip 82 being the front cover of Rock 82, printed in an unusual 11x30cm magazine format.

[2] In an interview for the Rockovnik documentary series, Popović recalled: I believed that the generation that had already been introduced to MTV, [...] the generation of young, curious people that had already witnessed the video killing the radio star, deserves a bit of a different magazine.

[2]From January 1983, Rock began being published as an independent periodical, printed in tabloid newspaper format.

[1] In 1985, 7-inch single with the charity song "Za milion godina", the Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid, was released with the magazine.

[1] From October 1988, the magazine was edited by Saša Gajević, and published under the name Pop Rock.