RICHARD BOWES – GARY NUMAN: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY SPENWOOD BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Tubeway Army, featuring Gary Numan, released their self-titled debut album in 1978. By 1979, Numan began dominating the charts in the U.K. both with [...]
SEAN KELLY – BATTLE AXES: A HARD ROCKIN’ HISTORY OF POINTY GUITARS ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY JULIE CORRELL Rock ’n’ roll has never been particularly good at following the rules, and eventually its guitars stopped following them too. Pointy [...]
CHANTAL KREVIAZUK AND RAINE MAIDA – I’M GOING TO BREAK YOUR HEART: A ROCK N ROLL LOVE STORY ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY I’m Going To Break Your Heart: A Rock N Roll Love Story is a fascinating and rather unique book. Chantal [...]
ADAM BERNARD – ONE HIT WONDERING: THE STORIES OF 40 ONE HIT WONDERS + OTHER TALES FROM THE CRATES INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY CHRIS X What if a musician’s greatest, most terrifying nightmare isn’t fading into absolute obscurity, [...]
BRAD TOLINSKI & CHRIS GILL – BLOW BY BLOW: THE JEFF BECK STORY DA CAPO BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his legendary status, Jeff Beck remains an understated and misunderstood tour de creative force among guitarist and popular music alike. [...]
TYLER SONNICHSEN – THE DEAD MILKMEN J-CARD PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER It’s hard to understand how one even begins to tell the story of The Dead Milkmen, being the incongruous fits even for the punk scene that they are, but credit to [...]
KIM THAYIL – A SCREAMING LIFE: INTO THE SUPERUNKNOWN WITH SOUNDGARDEN AND BEYOND WILLIAM MORROW BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Little has been written about the ascent, songwriting, and legacy of perhaps the greatest band to emerge from the [...]
DON PYLE – ROUGH DESCRIPTION: LOVE LETTERS AND GHOST STORIES FROM A LIFE IN MUSIC ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Don Pyle remains a consistent figure among Toronto’s vibrant creative communities as a musician, photographer, and [...]
