MIKE CARR – ROCK MY WORLD CANADA PRESENTS: CANADIAN BLUES REFERENCE & COLLECTOR’S GUIDE ROCK MY WORLD CANADA BOOK REVIEW BY GERRY YOUNG Canadian Blues Reference & Collector’s Guide, by ambitious superfan Mike Carr, is a [...]
JOEL MILLER – MEMOIR OF A ROADIE: AXL SAID I MADE A GREAT CUP OF TEA… SCOTT WEILAND LIKED THE CARPENTERS… & OZZY DRINKS ROSÉ. ALBION ENTERTAINMENT BOOK REVIEW BY JAMIE LAWLIS Joel Miller takes us behind the scenes and [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – ANTHEM: RUSH IN THE ’70s ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Moving away from the coffee table style, album-by-album artists examinations he’s published in the last few years, Martin Popoff has moved his attention [...]
DAVID COLLIER – TOPP: PROMOTER GARY TOPP BROUGHT US THE WORLD CONUNDRUM PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERRY YOUNG Topp (Promoter Gary Topp Brought Us The World) by David Collier with Gary Topp, is the graphic novel biography of Gary Topp, one of [...]
MARK LANEGAN – SING BACKWARDS AND WEEP HACHETTE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Perhaps best known as the singer of the Screaming Trees, a band that would greatly influence the pending grunge explosion of the ‘90s, Mark Lanegan has released [...]
JOHN BARROW – HOW NOT TO MAKE IT IN THE POP WORLD (DIARY OF AN ALMOST HAS-BEEN) TRAFFORD PUBLISHING (REPRINT EDITION) BOOK REVIEW BY GERRY YOUNG As a self-described “journeyman of pop,” John Barrow certainly fits the bill, being a former [...]
ANDY CAHAN – THE MOST FAMOUS MUSICIAN YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Andy Cahan may not be an instantly recognizable name, but the bands and artists with whom he worked are very well known. He is known for [...]
MARTIN AND JO HOLDEN – ABBEY ROAD GRAFFITI BURNT ROAD PUBLICATIONS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY In this day and age, coming up with a new angle on The Beatles is extremely difficult. So much has been written and said about them, finding a [...]
THEY NEVER EXPECTED IT TO BE IMPORTANT A CONVERSATION WITH KENNETH WOMACK – AUTHOR OF SOLID STATE: THE STORY OF ABBEY ROAD AND THE END OF THE BEATLES Kenneth Womack has become somewhat of a Beatles scholar. Following the release of a [...]
DANIEL TATE & ROB BOWMAN – THE FLYER VAULT: 150 YEARS OF TORONTO CONCERT HISTORY DUNDURN PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS With what first started as a successful Instagram account, Daniel Tate has brought The Flyer Vault to life. [...]
KENNETH WOMACK – SOLID STATE: THE STORY OF ABBEY ROAD AND THE END OF THE BEATLES CORNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Having written several books on The Beatles as well as a two-volume set about George Martin, Kenneth [...]
ROBERT CARLI & TERRY STUART – THE AWESOME MUSIC PROJECT CANADA: SONGS OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS PAGE TWO BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY SAMANTHA STEVENS Robert Carli and Terry Stuart are no strangers to the power of music. Having spent their lives [...]
BEN FOLDS – A DREAM ABOUT LIGHTNING BUGS: A LIFE OF MUSIC AND CHEAP LESSONS BALLANTINE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON Many music fans love to dig deep into the work of their favourite artists. “What does that lyric mean?”“What [...]
MARK HOWARD – LISTEN UP: RECORDING MUSIC WITH BOB DYLAN, NEIL YOUNG, U2, R.E.M., THE TRAGICALLY HIP, RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, TOM WAITS… ECW PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Producers and engineers are certainly the unsung heroes of [...]
DANNY GOLDBERG – SERVING THE SERVANT: REMEMBERING KURT COBAIN HARPERCOLLINS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Releasing his latest book, Serving The Servant: Remembering Kurt Cobain on the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s passing, [...]
JP AHONEN – BELZEBUBS (THE BOOK) TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS BOOK REVIEW BY STAN RASTOGI Upon the creation of black metal and throughout most of trve kvlt kvlture, there have been a net solid of zero individuals who would’ve referred to [...]
AARON TANNER – BUTTHOLE SURFERS: WHAT DOES REGRET MEAN? MELODIC VIRTUE BOOK REVIEW BY MERRY MERCURIAL Set to the color scheme of ’80s high-top sneakers, this keepsake book kicks off with a romantic vibe reserved for young crushes on weirdo [...]
PAUL McALPINE – IGGY POP – BARE & REAL TYRANT BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Few artists, if any, have enjoyed such a surprisingly long career full of various peaks which, on multiple occasions, have steered the course of [...]
IKA JOHANNESSON & JON JEFFERSON KLINGBERG – BLOOD FIRE DEATH: THE SWEDISH METAL STORY FERAL HOUSE PUBLISHERS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Originally written in Swedish in 2011, this update and translated version is one hell of a book [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – QUEEN: ALBUM BY ALBUM VOYAGEUR PRESS – NOVEMBER 13, 2018 BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Without releasing an album or even touring, Queen very may well be the band of the year. Since the release of the trailer for [...]
MICHAEL DIAMOND AND ADAM HOROVITZ – BEASTIE BOYS BOOK SPIEGEL & GRAU BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Now here’s a little story that has got to be told – actually, it’s a story over thirty years in the making and it’s not so little; it results [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – IRON MAIDEN: ALBUM BY ALBUM VOYAGEUR PRESS – OCTOBER 16, 2018 BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Following the release of his examination of Pink Floyd earlier this year, Martin Popoff has released Iron Maiden: Album By [...]
JERRY HAMMACK – THE BEATLES RECORDING REFERENCE MANUAL: VOLUME 3: SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND THROUGH MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (LATE 1966 – 1967) Createspace Independent Publishing Platform – October 11, 2018 ISBN – [...]
JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO – IMAGINE JOHN YOKO GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING – OCTOBER 9, 2018 BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY 2018 has become the year of The Beatles. Not that 2018 is any different than any other year (remember last year with [...]
