Backstage & Beyond Vol. 1: 45 Years of Classic Rock Chats & Rants
By Jim Sullivan
paperback $25.00
ISBN 979-8-9856589-8-9 (paperback)
Jim Sullivan spent 26 years writing for the Boston Globe and two decades more writing for national publications. He has interviewed and reviewed countless musicians, many of them multiple times. Access to such A-list stars is hard to come by in the first place, but Sullivan got to know many of them well enough to engage on a far more intimate level than journalists usually can or do.
The first volume of his music-writing anthology focuses on artists who came to prominence in the 1950s and ’60s. Twenty-one of them are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Rather than simply collect up previously published articles as they originally appeared, Sullivan combed through his archive to find everything he wrote about each artist and worked the pieces together into a more expansive time-passages view that chronicles their changing situations, outlooks and experiences.
FEATURING:
Jerry Lee Lewis
Ian Hunter & Mott the Hoople
David Bowie
Iggy Pop
Lou Reed
Nico
Brian Eno
Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Robert Fripp & King Crimson
Peter Gabriel
Warren Zevon
Pete Townshend
The Kinks
Ginger Baker
Leonard Cohen
Marianne Faithfull
John Fogerty
Tina Turner
Neil Young
Richard Thompson
Darlene Love
Alice Cooper
Peter Wolf & the J. Geils Band
Joe Perry & Aerosmith
Lemmy & Motörhead
George Clinton
Tangerine Dream
Joan Baez
k.d lang
Roy Orbison
Backstage & Beyond Vol. 2: 45 Years of Modern Rock Chats & Rants
By Jim Sullivan
paperback $25.00
ISBN 979-8-9879891-0-4 (paperback)
979-8-9879891-1-1 (eBook)
The second volume of 2023 New England Music Hall of Fame inductee Jim Sullivan’s music-writing anthology focuses on artists who came to prominence in the 1970s and ’80s: new wave, punk, post-punk.
“I have spoken to many journalists in my time: some good, some bad, some terrible. And it is lovely when you meet someone who is just like you ... a huge music fan! Jim Sullivan … is friendly, knowledgeable, forthright and opinionated! An expert in his chosen field. He is no pushover ... if you have faults or are resting on your laurels, he is the first to tell you off.”
—Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order)
“There’s a lot of history here, and a lot of reflecting on that history. For me, it’s interesting to see the conflict many artists have as they try to evaluate their own work and its place in the scheme of things. Jim Sullivan has been able to coax some of those reflections out of a broad spectrum of artists, and it’s fascinating to read.”
—Greg Hawkes (Cars)
Featuring:
Ramones, Sex Pistols, Clash, Patti Smith, Buzzcocks, Damned, Fall, Joy Division / New Order, Cure, Stiff Little Fingers, Gang of Four, Pogues, Police, Cramps, David Byrne / Talking Heads, Beastie Boys, Elvis Costello, Billy Bragg, Cars, English Beat, Morrissey, Pixies, Mission of Burma, Feelies, Puff Daddy, Spiritualized, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Swans, U2