Lou Reed : Ett liv

Lou Reed, who died in 2013, was best known to the general public as the grumpy New Yorker in black who sang ‘Walk on the Wild Side’. To his dedicated admirers, however, he was one of the most innovative and intelligent American songwriters of modern times, a natural outsider who lived a tumultuous and tortured […]

In The Dark Stuff Nick Kent profiles twenty-two of the most gifted and self-destructive talents in rock history. From Brian Wilson to Syd Barrett, the Rolling Stones to Neil Young, Iggy Pop to Lou Reed, he offers intimate portraits that are unimaginable in the world of today’s market driven music business. A new edition as […]

Ny upplaga med nytt omslag och nytt efterord. “Jag har alltid sett det vackra i det groteska. Jag vet att de flesta varken kan eller vill göra det och därför kanske jag klassats som ännu mera freak än jag varit.” – FREDDIE WADLING Hans uppväxt var ett svart hål och under sju långa år sade […]

Forty years on from the release of their era-defining album Remain in Light, Chris Frantz’s memoir tells the story of Talking Heads and Tom Tom Club.