Rock Criticism


Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation
Rock 'n' Roll Babylon: 50 Years of Sex, Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll
The Trouser Press Guide to 90's Rock: The All-New Fifth Edition of the Trouser Press Record Guide
In the Fascist Bathroom: Punk in Pop Music, 1977-1992
Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
True Norwegian Black Metal
Dream Brother: The Lives and Music of Jeff and Tim Buckley
Cobain Unseen
Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana
Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana
Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
Confusion Is Next: The Sonic Youth Story
Lester Bangs
Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, it was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands outside time, trends, fads, hypes, the rise and fall of whole genres eclectic as walking Christmas trees, constituting a genre unto itself: truly, a musical Monolith if ever there was one. ...more
Lester Bangs

Lester Bangs
Like almost all of Beefheart's recorded work, [Trout Mask Replica] was not even "ahead" of its time in 1969. Then and now, it stands outside time, trends, fads, hypes, the rise and fall of whole genres eclectic as walking Christmas trees, constituting a genre unto itself: truly, a musical Monolith if ever there was one. ...more
Lester Bangs

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