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Robert Mattheu: The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story

Could use more raw power If the snarling Iggy Pop of 1969 knew his Stooges would be coffee table book fodder, he would’ve scoffed. But here we are, 40 years later, with The Stooges: The Authorized and Illustrated Story. The title tells all: unreleased photos, band testimonials and album reviews. But while rock’n’roll platitudes flourish in books about, say, The Beatles, here the fawning feels awkward. CREEM photographer Robert Mattheu’s stilted writing never dives deeper than anecdotes and base descriptions. We learn Ron Ashton’s apartment, when he hosted Elektra Record executives in 1971, was “too horrible to describe.” The execs...  read more

Led Zeppelin and Coffee Table Picture Book: A Match Made in Valhalla

They say that writing about music is a lot like dancing about architecture. They also say a picture is worth a thousand words. Harnessing the almighty power of those little gems, Jerry Prochnicky and Ralph Hulett will release Led Zeppelin: Good Times, Bad Times, A Visual Biography of the Ultimate Band. ...  read more