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 [...]
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; [...]
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 [...]
HOWARD JONES – WE’RE IN THIS TOGETHER THIS DAY IN MUSIC BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY TONY STUART Howard Jones is celebrating his 40th year as a recording artist, and in typical Howard Jones fashion, he wanted his fans and people he has known [...]
LOL TOLHURST – GOTH: A HISTORY HACHETTE BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY VICTORIA LOVE-RAINBOW The human psyche tends to misinterpret strange and unique phenomena, creating distorted or inaccurate representations of reality, “We weren’t the problem [...]
DANIEL BUKSZPAN – OZZY @ 75 MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Daniel Bukszpan has written or contributed to books about Rush, Aerosmith, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Woodstock and many more. With Ozzy @ 75, Bukszpan turns his attention [...]
JEFF COLLINS – ROCK LEGENDS AT ROCKFIELD CALON BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY In the history of rock and roll, there are a few iconic studios, such as Abbey Road Studios, Sun Studios, Record Plant, Olympic Studios, Windmall Lane Studios, [...]
HARVEY LISBERG WITH CHARLIE THOMAS – I’M INTO SOMETHING GOOD: MY LIFE MANAGING 10CC, HERMAN’S HERMITS AND MANY MORE! OMNIBUS PRESS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Harvey Lisberg is one fascinating person. The list of musicians and sports [...]
STEVE MATTEO – ACT NATURALLY: THE BEATLES ON FILM BACKBEAT/GLOBE PEQUOT/ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Finding new things to say about The Beatles in 2023 is somewhat difficult, but Steve Matteo has done just that. [...]
MIKE CORCIONE – TALES FROM THE GUTTER: AND OTHER ROCK AND ROLL SHENANIGANS INDEPENDENT BOOK REVIEW BY TONY STUART Mike Corcione takes us back to a bygone era in Tales From The Gutter. Corcione was heavily invested in the music scene in the [...]
JEFF GOMEZ – THERE WAS NO ALTERNATIVE: GENERATION X, AIDS, AND THE MAKING OF A CLASSIC NINETIES RECORD McFARLAND BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Released in 1993 to benefit AIDS relief, No Alternative was a compilation album that [...]
MARTIN POPOFF – AC/DC AT 50 THE QUARTO GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS For his latest book, Canadian author and music critic, Martin Popoff, has turned his focus onto one of his favourite bands of all time: AC/DC. The appropriately [...]
JOHN ROBB – THE ART OF DARKNESS: THE HISTORY OF GOTH LOUDER THAN WAR BOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY RYAN RUPLE If there was ever a genre that surpassed the confines of sound, constructing identity, and expression through the sonic base to reach into [...]
TARA MACLEAN – SONG OF THE SPARROW HARPER COLLINS CANADA BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON Canadian singer-songwriter Tara MacLean rose to prominence as a solo artist in the late 1990s, and also experienced success in the mid-2000s with the [...]