Mariano Muniesa (Madrid, 1967) has enjoyed a long and prolific career in music journalism, both in print and on radio and television. He has directed and presented various programs dedicated to the world of rock on Cadena 100 Cope, Onda Cero, Cadena SER – 40 Principales, Mariskalrock.com, and M21 Radio. On television, he hosted the program Rock Star on 40 TV – Canal+, in addition to participating in other programs on Onda 6 TV and Canal Red. In print media, since the mid-1980s, he has been a writer for specialized magazines such as Popular 1, Heavy Rock, LH Magazine, and Rolling Stone, deputy editor of Kerrang!, and director and editor of the Spanish edition of the German magazine Rock Hard (2000-2006) and of Rock Star (2007-2008). He has collaborated with, among others, the Ourense newspaper La Región and Diario Red. He has written numerous books focused on the world of rock, and is the author with the most published works in Spanish on the Rolling Stones worldwide, in addition to biographies of The Who, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, and Rammstein, among others. Since December 2024, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the RTVE Corporation.