Nik Cohn (also written Nick Cohn) is a British rock journalist.

Established as the father of rock criticism, with Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom written at the age of 22 in the late 60s, he then has published articles, novels and music books regularly. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ...

When reviewing a rough mix of The Who's rock opera Tommy, he told the group members that the album was less than spectacular. Knowing that Cohn was a fan of pinball, Pete Townshend suggested that the album's deaf, dumb, and blind title character could also be an exceptional pinball player. Cohn opinion of the album immediately improved, and Townshend subsequently wrote "Pinball Wizard" to be added to the album. The Who is a British rock band that first came to prominence in the 1960s. ... Tommy (1969) is one of The Whos two full-scale rock operas, (the other being Quadrophenia) and the first musical work explicitly billed as a rock opera. ... Pinball is a type of coin-operated arcade game where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass case. ... Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London) is an influential British rock guitarist and songwriter who is best known for his work with The Who. ... Pinball Wizard is a song written by Pete Townshend and performed by The Who for the 1969 rock opera Tommy. ...

He wrote the 1975 New York Magazine article "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night", which was the source material for the movie Saturday Night Fever. In the late 1990s, Cohn admitted that he had fabricated the story. 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night was the title of a 1975 New York Magazine article by British rock journalist Nik Cohn. ... Saturday Night Fever is a 1977 movie starring John Travolta as Tony Manero, a troubled Brooklyn youth whose weekend activities are dominated by visits to a New York discotheque. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

He is now a columnist for the Guardian. The Guardian is a British newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. ...

He is the son of historian Norman Cohn. Norman Cohn, also known as Norman Rufus Colin Cohn, (born 12 January 1915) is British academic, historian and writer, now Emeritus Astor-Wolfson Professor at the University of Sussex. ...

Bibliography

• Cohn, Nik (1967 for the first edition). I Am Still the Greatest Says Johnny Angelo (novel). Secker & Warburg. ISBN B0000CNMIW.
• Cohn, Nik (1969). Pop (novel). Weidenfeld & N. ISBN 0297178075.
• Cohn, Nik (1970). Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom (US title: Rock from the Beginning). Paladin. ISBN 0586080147.
• Cohn, Nik (1970). Market. Penguin. ISBN 0140031839.
• Cohn, Nik (1971). Today There are No Gentlemen. Weidenfeld & N. ISBN 0297004549.
• Cohn, Nik (1973). Arfur. Panther. ISBN 0586035729.
• Cohn, Nik (1975). King Death. Harcourt. ISBN 0151472238.
• Cohn, Nik, & Peellaert, Guy (1982 for the first edition). Rock Dreams. Alfred A Knopf. ISBN 0394528700.
• Cohn, Nik (1989). Ball the Wall: Nik Cohn in the Age of Rock. Macmillan. ISBN 0330299700.
• Cohn, Nik (1992). The Heart of the World. Alfred a Knopf. ISBN 0394568699.
• Cohn, Nik (1992). Heart of the World. Octagon. ISBN 037400000X.
• Cohn, Nik (1997). Need. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0679427074.
• Cohn, Nik (1999). God Given Months. Chatto and Windus. ISBN 0701147431.
• Cohn, Nik (1999). Yes We Have No: Adventures in the Other England. Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0394568702.
• Cohn, Nik & Peellaert, Guy (1999). Twentieth Century Dreams. 0330299700. ISBN 0436276178.
• Cohn, Nik & Dorner, Julia (2002). Soljas. Taschen. ISBN.
• Cohn, Nik (2005). Triksta : Life and Death and New Orleans Rap. Knopf. ISBN 1400042453.