Under The Big Black Sun: A Personal History of L.A. Punk
by John Doe with Tom DeSavia and friends (Da Capo Press) While the stories are (almost) never the same, it’s pretty surprising how consistently…
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NOFX and Jeff Alulis – The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories
NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories NOFX and Jeff Alulis As “Fat” Mike Burkett says himself in the final chapter of NOFX: The…
Let’s Go To Hell by James Burns
Whether it was because of the book’s great quality or simply because it was the first to address the merits of the bands which…
BOOK REVIEW – The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM
Wheels of Steel: The Explosive Early Years of the NWOBHM by Martin Popoff (Power Chord Press) It’s now over 20 years since Riff Kills…
Mick Wall’s Getcha Rocks Off (book review)
Writing about music now is very different from Mick Wall’s decades of involvement in the music industry, working both in PR and as a…
The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll
Book review The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll (Penguin) I remember the first time I read The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll. I was…
Love Becomes A Funeral Pyre: A Biography of The Doors
Book by Mick Wall Published by Orion There can be no doubting the influence of The Doors on our beloved genre of heavy metal….
Season of the Witch: How The Occult Saved Rock and Roll by Peter Bebergal
Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll is epic in every sense of the word. Author Peter Bebergal sees the influence of the…
Black Sabbath: The Vault by Paul Elliot
Without Black Sabbath, I wouldn’t be writing this and you wouldn’t be reading this… it’s that simple. Published by Carltonbooks, (available to order here)….
Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Most Wicked Man in the World
Aleister Crowley: Magick, Rock and Roll, and the Most Wicked Man in the World Written by Gary Lachman Published by Tarcher/Penguin There can be few music fans…