Open Up & Bleed

Butt-men at the Beach

Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:58:58 +0100

A couple of days ago I heard from Guy Budziak, who was a friend of the great and under-appreciated photographer Nicky Wright, who shot the covers of the Rolling Stones’ first albums (they’re often mis

Death of a Palace

Thu, 1 May 2008 12:54:28 +0100

During my trip to Michigan as part of the Michigan Notable Books event, I also checked out the state of two of Detroit’s most significant rock’n’roll venues, namely The Grande Ballroom and the Michiga

Paperbacks, author visits, signings!

Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:52:07 +0100

This month you can expect a thrilling flurry of activity. Both the UK and US paperbacks are published this week. Both editions are similar to the hardback, with an updated final chapter, and other min

Dave Alexander

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 11:56:28 +0100

Doug Currie, who roadie’d for The Stooges in 1973, emailed me a couple of weeks ago with his comments on Open Up and Bleed. He mentioned how the book “brought closure to a star-crossed time”, and I wa

Flipping pages, virtually

Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:28:23 +0100

As you’ll have noticed, now that Open Up And Bleed is finished, and out, I i won’t be updating this blog too often. But if you’re new here, do yerself a favour and take a look at the story from the be