Just in time for the 25th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death comes a new biography by an ex-manager
February 5th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Danny Goldberg was Nirvana’s manager in the middle of the maelstrom, which is to say from 1990 (as the band
Browsing the "Biography" Tag
Attention Smiths fans: A new 464-page graphic novel is coming
February 28th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Smiths fans never, ever get enough of their favourite band. Come March 22, a new graphic novel on the band
Attention Tragically Hip Fans: Help Populate This Map with Hip Memories and Events
November 19th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
The Tragically Hip has made it clear that they have no interest in writing an autobiography, so it’ll be up
A New Tragically Hip Biography is Coming
August 18th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
ECW Press is one of the best Canadian publishing houses when it comes to books on our musical history. Their
An American Has Written a Book on the Tragically Hip
May 5th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Years ago, I suggested to Tragically Hip management that we sit down and write the definitive biography of the band.
Random Music News for Thursday, January 26, 2017
January 26th, 2017 | by Alan Cross
Construction has started on my new office complex in the basement. This is going to take a while. And now,
Lemmy’s Biography: The Most Metal Ever?
November 28th, 2016 | by Alan Cross
He wore the same pair of black pants every day for 25 years. He consumed so much speed that a
Join Tool’s Maynard James Keenan (and Me!) at the University of Toronto
September 29th, 2016 | by Alan Cross
Maynard James Keenan is an interesting guy. No, wait. He’s more than that. Much more. He’s mysterious, cagey, guarded, outrageous,
Recommended Reading: Lemmy: The Definitive Biography
April 25th, 2016 | by Nerhys
Sex, drugs and rock‘n’roll. To many of Motörhead fans, frontman Ian “Lemmy” Kilminster embodied just that. Rock biographer Mick Wall
The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 730: Deconstructing the Arctic Monkeys
October 16th, 2015 | by Alan Cross
The Arctic Monkeys are one of the few truly superstar acts to emerge from the alternative scene over the last
Random Music News for Monday, October 12, 2015
October 12th, 2015 | by Alan Cross
Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean there isn’t music news… Kayne West auditioned for American Idol over the weekend. No,
Read the First Chapter of the New Alice in Chains Biography
August 4th, 2015 | by Alan Cross
If there’s one grunge band that’s long overdue for a proper biography, it’s Alice in Chains. Yeah, there have been
The Art of the Artist Bio
August 2nd, 2015 | by Alan Cross
Over the years I’ve written plenty of official record company bios for a variety of well-known artists (sorry, the identifies
Happy Mondays’ Drummer Gaz Whelan’s Short Story from All My Friends Are Junkies
June 9th, 2015 | by Alan Cross
Gaz is a mate of mine who, believe it or not, uprooted his family and moved to Burlington, Ontario. (His
Here’s the First Trailer for the Upcoming Amy Winehouse Documentary
May 21st, 2015 | by Alan Cross
I’ll see this. Definitely
We Might FINALLY Get a Proper Alice in Chains Biography. TWO Actually.
May 17th, 2015 | by Alan Cross
During is Layne Staley incarnation, Alice in Chains sold 20 million albums. They were one of the top-tier grunge acts.
Morrissey: The Movie, The Tribute and…the Karaoke Night?
September 11th, 2014 | by Alan Cross
Three pieces of Mozzer news today: 1. Steve Coogan is apparently set to play Morrissey in a bio-pic based on
Review of New Doc on Johnny Thunders
May 29th, 2014 | by Alan Cross
Johnny Thunders was a rock’n’roll casualty, a junkie who died of an overdose in a sleazy room in New Orleans.
New Book on the Early Years of Iron Maiden
April 11th, 2014 | by Alan Cross
If you think that Iron Maiden always had Bruce Dickinson out front, sorry, sunshine, but you need some schooling. Killers:
The Kurt Cobain Comic Book
March 28th, 2014 | by Alan Cross
With the 20th anniversary of Kurt’s death coming up in a couple of weeks, we’ve been deluged with new Nirvana
Into the History of Grunge? Then Check Out This New Book from Mudhoney
March 6th, 2014 | by Alan Cross
Before there was Nirvana, Pearl Jam or Soundgarden, there was Mudhoney. There’s finally a book on them. Here’s a taste:
New Book on Kurt Cobain Coming in Time for 20th Anniversary of His Death
January 21st, 2014 | by Alan Cross
Believe it or not, April 8 will be 20 years since we heard that Kurt Cobain had dramatically bowed out
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