Dave Marsh (born 1950) is an American music critic. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Music journalism. ...

Growing up in the environs of Detroit, Michigan, he attended Wayne State University but did not graduate. Flag Seal Nickname: Motor City, Motown Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates , Government Country State County United States Michigan Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 370. ... // Introduction and overview Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan, in the citys Cultural Center, part of the larger Midtown area. ...

March was a co-founder of Creem magazine in Detroit, and he also wrote for Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone magazine. He also edited Rock and Roll Confidential, a newsletter about rock music and social issues. It was later known as Rock and Rap Confidential. From 1985 to 2002, Marsh was one of Playboy magazine's regular music critics. He is a prolific writer and has published more than two dozen books. He also edited two editions of the Rolling Stone Record Guide. CREEM, Americas Only Rock n Roll Magazine, was a monthly rock n roll publication started in 1969 by Barry Kramer and founding editor Tony Reay. ... Newsday is a daily tabloid-size newspaper which primarily serves Long Island and the New York City borough of Queens, although it is sold throughout the greater New York City metropolitan area. ... The Village Voice is a weekly newspaper in New York City featuring investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts reviews and events listings for New York City. ... This article is about the music magazine. ... Playboy is an adult entertainment magazine, founded in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, which has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc. ... The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as the Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that along with its sister publication, the magazine Rolling Stone, is one of the best places to find definitive reviews of popular music (apart from wikipedia!). // First Edition Title: The Rolling Stone Record Guide...

He is most known for being Bruce Springsteen's quasi-official biographer, with a total of four books published. The first, Born to Run (1979), was a bestseller. However, Marsh's works have been criticized as hagiographies. [1] Marsh is married to Barbara Carr, who is one of Springsteen's managers. Bruce Frederick Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Hagiography is the study of saints. ...

The term punk rock was coined by Dave Marsh, who used it to describe the music of ? and the Mysterians in the May 1971 issue of Creem magazine. Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... ? & the Mysterians were an American garage rock band from the mid 1960s, best known for their #1 hit 96 Tears. The leader of the group was Question Mark (real name Rudy Martinez), who later legally changed his name to ?. ?s eccentric behavior helped establish the group in the national consciousness... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ...

He has performed in the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band that includes Stephen King, Amy Tan, and other writers. The Rock Bottom Remainders is a rock & roll band consisting of published writers, most of them both amateur musicians and popular English-language book, magazine, and newspaper authors. ... For other people named Stephen King, see Stephen King (disambiguation). ... Amy Tan (Chinese: 譚恩美; pinyin: Tán Ēnměi), an American writer, was born February 19, 1952 in Oakland, California several years after her parents immigrated to the U.S. from China. ...

Along with Jann Wenner, Marsh is prominent in organising and maintaining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio. Some have offered criticism that he has prevented adequate recognition of progressive rock in the Hall. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at sunset. ... Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog rock or prog) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, and continues as a musical form to this day. ...

Publications include

• Born to Run: The Bruce Springsteen Story, (Doubleday) 1979
• The Book of Rock Lists, (Dell) 1980
• Elvis, (Times Books) 1982
• Rocktopicon: Unlikely questions and their surprising answers, (Contemporary) 1982
• Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who, (St. Martin's Press) 1983
• Fortunate Son (Random House) 1983. A collection of his journalism and criticism.
• The First Rock and Roll Confidential Report: Inside the Real World of Rock and Roll, 1984. Compilation.
• Sun City: The Making of the Record ,(Penguin) 1985
• Trapped: Michael Jackson and the Crossover Dream, (Bantam) 1986
• The Rolling Stone Record Guide: Reviews and Ratings of Almost 10,000 Currently Available Rock, Pop, Soul, Country, Blues, Jazz, and Gospel Albums (first and second editions 1979, 1983)
• Glory Days: Bruce Springsteen in the 1980s, 1987. A sequel to Born to Run.
• The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made, (NAL) 1989
• Heaven Is Under Our Feet: A Book for Walden Woods, co-editor with Don Henley, (Longmeadow Press, 1991)
• 50 Ways to Fight Censorship: And Important Facts to Know About the Censors (Thunder's Mouth Press), 1991
• Louie Louie: The History and Mythology of the World's Most Famous Rock'n'Roll song; Including the Full Details of Its Torture and Persecution at the Hands of the Kingsmen, J. Edgar Hoover's F.B.I., and a Cast of Millions; and Introducing, for the First Time Anywhere, the Actual Dirty Lyrics, (Hyperion), 1992.
• Merry Christmas Baby: Holiday Music from Bing to Sting, (Little Brown) 1992.
• Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait with Harold Levanthal and featuring the writings of Woody Guthrie (Perennial) 1992
• The New Book of Rock Lists with James Bernard, (Fireside) 1994
• Mid-Life Confidential: The Rock Bottom Remainders Tour America with Three Chords and an Attitude (Viking) 1994
• Sam and Dave (For the Record series), (Harper Perennial) 1998
• Sly and the Family Stone: An Oral History (For the Record series), (Quill) 1998
• George Clinton & P-Funkadelic (For the Record series), (Harper Perennial) 1998
• Bruce Springsteen: Two Hearts : The Definitive Biography, 1972-2003, (Routledge) 2003. Combines earlier two works about Bruce and adds a new chapter.
• Forever Young: Photographs of Bob Dylan with Douglas R. Gilbert (Da Capo Press) 2005
• Bruce Springsteen on Tour : 1968-2005 (Bloomsbury USA) forthcoming October 2006

The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that, along with its sister publication Rolling Stone magazine, is one of the best places to find professional reviews of popular music. ... Don Henley Donald Hugh Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas) is an American rock musician who is the drummer and one of the lead singers and songwriters of the band Eagles. ...

References

• Biographical Information for Dave Marsh
• Rock Rottom Remainders
• Rock's Back Pages (list of articles)
• Interiew, ca. 2003

External links

• Rock and Rap Confidential