DAVE HEATON – DE LA SOUL J-CARD PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS De La Soul are the godfathers of underground and alternative hip-hop. Having made their debut in 1989, the influence the rap trio have had is undeniable. Despite this, very [...]
ALVIN TAYLOR AND KEN LAMBERT – ALVIN TAYLOR: DRUM MAJOR 2 MAJOR DRUMMER: CANDID STORIES FROM A MAJOR ROCK ‘N ROLL DRUMMER EXTRAORDINAIRE INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Alvin Taylor is a world renown drummer, and one hell of [...]
JOHN FOXX – ELECTRICITY AND GHOSTS: THE VISUAL ART OF JOHN FOXX ROCKET 88 BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Before John Foxx was John Foxx, he was Dennis Leigh. As Dennis Leigh (his real name), he attended Harris College Of Art in Preston [...]
CORY duBROWA – AN IDEAL FOR LIVING – A CELEBRATION OF THE E.P. (EXTENDED PLAY) HOZAC BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Veteran music journalist Cory duBrowa has released a love letter to the musical format that is the EP. Longer [...]
ANDREA SWENSSON – PRINCE AND PURPLE RAIN: 40 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Prince And Purple Rain: 40 Years is the first book to emerge from author Andrea Swensson. The Minneapolis-based journalist, and host and co-producer [...]
JOE MATERA – LOUDER THAN WORDS: BEYOND THE BACKSTAGE PASS EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera has had a very diverse and interesting career in music. The Italian-Australian musician, who is based in Australia, not [...]
GILLIAN G. GAAR – SPRINGSTEEN @ 75 QUATRO PUBLISHING GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON In honour of Bruce Springsteen’s 75th birthday, Gillian Gaar and Quarto Publishing have released the commemorative book, Springsteen @ 75. At first [...]
VIVA LA REVOLUCIÓN DE ROXY A CONVERSATION WITH PHIL MANZANERA Phil Manzanera should need no introduction. Besides being the guitarist for Roxy Music, he has established himself as a solo artist, as a member of 801, The Explorers, Quiet Sun, [...]
GUZMAN (INTRODUCTION BY MICHAEL AZERRAD) – FAMILY VALUES: KURT, COURTNEY & FRANCES BEAN POWERHOUSE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW Opening with the iconic figures Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, the essay, written by Michael [...]
PHIL MANZANERA – REVOLUCIÓN TO ROXY A WAY WITH MEDIA BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Phil Manzanera made his name by being an original member of Roxy Music and a key player in a revised Pink Floyd. But there is so much more to his story than [...]
MARK MOTHERSBAUGH – APOTROPAIC BEATNIK GRAFFITI BLANK INDUSTRIES BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Mark Mothersbaugh’s latest book, Apotropaic Beatnik Graffiti, is subtitled “A Collection of Neo-Dada Stream of Conscious Visual Poetry”, which [...]
MARK D. DUNN – YOU GET BIGGER AS YOU GO – BRUCE COCKBURN’S INFLUENCE AND EVOLUTION FERMATA PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON The writer, musician, and educator Mark D. Dunn has released a book which may be seen as the definitive [...]
AARON BADGLEY – DARK HORSE RECORDS: THE STORY OF GEORGE HARRISON’S POST-BEATLES RECORD LABEL SONICBOND PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS The post-Beatles life of George Harrison is often sensationalised for his stellar solo career; [...]
RICHIE UNTERBERGER – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS: THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS It is challenging to pinpoint Bob Marley’s influence over pop culture. Interest in the reggae pioneer seems to be [...]
DEN BROWNE – PADLOCKS: LIVING WITH SID AND NANCY BACKSTAGE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW Padlocks: Living with Sid and Nancy is a unique glimpse into the intimate relationship of Nancy Spungen and Sid Vicious through the eyes [...]
ADAM STEINER – DARKER WITH THE DAWN: NICK CAVE’S SONGS OF LOVE AND DEATH ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW “There is no great genius without some touch of madness.” Aristotle. Adam Steiner’s Darker with [...]
PETER JESPERSON – EUPHORIC RECALL MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY JOHN PORTER If the old idiom that “we all have a book in us” is indeed true, then it must be truer for Peter Jesperson than most. Jesperson, after all, [...]
KENNETH WOMACK – LIVING THE BEATLES LEGEND: THE UNTOLD STORY OF MAL EVANS DEY STREET BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Kenneth Womack is one of the world’s leading authorities on The Beatles. He has written several books (Long And Winding [...]
GILLIAN G. GEAR, MARTIN POPOFF, RICHIE UNTERBERGER, MATT ANNISS, KEN MICALLEF – IN THE GROOVE: THE VINYL RECORD AND TURNTABLE REVOLUTION MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Vinyl records are back in a big way, and in many ways they [...]
JOE MATERA – BACKSTAGE PASS: THE GRIT AND THE GLAMOUR EMPIRE PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Joe Matera is an Italian-Australian singer/songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist. He has released a number of well-received solo [...]
D & D PHILPOTT – DEAR CATHERINE WHEEL GOOD DAY BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Back in the 1960s there was a series of books that were quite popular. Letters To The President, or Love Letters To The Beatles, in which letters were [...]
JOCELYN FISKE – ROXY LIVE CURTAIN CALL: ROXY’S 50th ANNIVERSARY TOUR JOCELYN FISKE PUBLISHING BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY In 2022, Jocelyn Fiske wrote the definitive history of Roxy Music live performances, both as a band and solo [...]
PETER JOE HULMES – UNIVERSAL JUVENILE: IN SEARCH OF KIM MITCHELL INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY TONY STUART In Peter Hulmes’ own words, Universal Juvenile “is a tale of one man’s love of another man’s music and how that passion resulted in a [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – KISS AT 50 MOTOR BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY JAMIE LAWLIS KISS hailed from New York City in 1973. 50 years later Martin Popoff brings us into the realm of The KISS story, illuminated and spread out into 50 chapters. This goes a [...]
