MARTIN POPOFF – METALLICA: ALBUM BY ALBUM MOTORBOOKS/QUARTO BOOK REVIEW BY MIKE MATTHEW Seasoned rock critic and prolific music writer Martin Popoff cranks out another epic tome, this time about Metallica’s discography. In it he [...]
CHARLIE HARPER – AN ANARCHY OF DEMONS EARTH ISLAND BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER There’s already a mystique around Charlie Harper, ever-present member and founder of the U.K. Subs – after all, there are few punks from his era around, [...]
MITCHELL COHEN – WAKE ME, SHAKE ME: NEW YORK CITY, THE ’60s & THE POP-ROCK YOUTHQUAKE TROUSER PRESS BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Wake Me, Shake Me: New York City, The 60s & The Pop-Rock Youthquake is a very specific [...]
LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS – THE DICKIES AND ME – THE LIFE AND TIMES OF LEONARD GRAVES PHILLIPS CLEOPATRA RECORDS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Try to imagine, it is 1978, punk is at full force, and for the most part, a serious and angry [...]
TONY FLETCHER – POW! WHEN UK PUNK WENT POP 1980-84 TROUSER PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY LJUBINKO ZIVKOVIC The number of music books seems to be proliferating which at the same time means that there is quite some divergence in their quality. It can [...]
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 [...]
TIM SOMMER – DISPATCHES FROM THE KINGDOM OF OUTSIDERS: WRITING ON MUSIC, CULTURE AND MORE 1979-2025 TROUSER PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Tim Sommer has done pretty much everything in the music world. He was a writer for the Trouser [...]
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 [...]