DAVE HUNTER – FENDER TELECASTER: 75 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY ANDRE SKINNER Few guitars have a story as rich as the Fender Telecaster, and this outstanding book captures every detail of its creation while charting the guitar’s [...]
MICK ROCK & TIM MOHR – ROCKY HORROR: A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE CULT CLASSIC HARPER COLLINS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS In 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show bombed at the box office, making an estimated $21,000 on its opening [...]
KIM GORDON – GIRL IN A BAND (10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION) DEY STREET BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER It doesn’t feel like 10 years since Kim Gordon’s witty, acerbic Girl in a Band first made waves in the rock world, but such is the various [...]
DAVID J HASKINS – RHAPSODY, THRENODY & PRAYER FONOGRAPH MEDIA BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Rhapsody, Threnody & Prayer is a short book of poetry by former Bauhaus/Love And Rockets bassist David J. Out of respect, and in honour of [...]
NATE JACKSON AND DANIEL KOHN – TEARING DOWN THE ORANGE CURTAIN: HOW PUNK ROCK BROUGHT ORANGE COUNTY TO THE WORLD DA CAPO BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Over the years, especially the last decade, many authors have dedicated their efforts [...]
MAX KERMAN – TRY HARD: CREATIVE WORK IN PROGRESS PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE CANADA BOOK REVIEW BY JOSEPH MASTEL Max Kerman is known for being the frontman of Arkells. They are one of Canada’s best working bands today, put on electrifying live [...]
ROBERT RODRIGUEZ AND JERRY HAMMACK – RIBBONS OF RUST: THE BEATLES’ RECORDING HISTORY IN CONTEXT: VOLUME 1 – JULY 1954 THROUGH JANUARY 1963 BEMIS PUBLISHING GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Robert Rodriguez and Jerry Hammack [...]
ALLAN KOZINN AND ADRIAN SINCLAIR – THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY: VOLUME 2: 1974 – 80 DEY STREET BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair’s first volume of The McCartney Legacy was not just well received, it has become an [...]