Visited the new Molly's Bookstore at 305 Western Avenue in Allston, MA today and picked up a few random books
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Visited the new Molly's Bookstore at 305 Western Avenue in Allston, MA today and picked up a few random books

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Book Review: âLaneganâ by Greg Prato
Itâs a weird thing to put in a biography. But in this case, the following is true.
âWhen it comes to Mark Lanegan, there are many things that you are better off not knowing,â music journalist Charles R. Cross says of the former Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer and solo artist.
Fortunately for âLaneganâ author Greg Prato, Lanegan wrote all that stuff in his harrowing memoir, âSing Backwards and Weep,â freeing Prato to focus on other stuff in his oral biography.
Like Lanegan the man, âLaneganâ the book is non-traditional. Generous at 319 pages and including a passel of black-and-white photos from throughout Laneganâs career, itâs self-published - released Feb. 22 on the one-year anniversary of Laneganâs death from undisclosed causes - but professional in content and layout.
âI look at (Nirvanaâs) Kurt (Cobain), (Alice in Chainsâ) Layne (Staley) or even more Andy Wood - Mark was darker than them all,â Cross says. âI donât know that Markâs death is darker, but Markâs life was darker than any of those people.â
In addition to Cross, Prato spoke with Laneganâs Screaming Trees bandmate Gary Lee Conner; QOTS bassist Nick Oliveri; collaborators Chris Goss (Masters of Reality), Mike Johnson (Dinosaur Jr.), guitarist Jeff Fielder and bassist Aldo Struyf; Sub Pop Records CDO Megan Jasper; original Nirvana drummer Chad Channing; former Red Hot Chili Pepper Josh Klinghoffer; former Soundgarden bassist Kim Thayil; Jesse Hughes of Eagles of Death Metal; and friends including Sally Berry, Clay Decker - who makes the dangerous assertion that Lanegan died because he was vaccinated against the coronavirus - and others. The result is an often-surprising portrait of a singular musician that paints Lanegan as an even more enigmatic figure than he seems in life and art.
âLike, we liked Lindsey Buckingham,â Hughes says in discussing Laneganâs musical influences.
âHow the fuck are you going to tell me you can see that? Point to a Mark Lanegan song and go, âOh, Lindsey Buckingham.â I couldnât do it. So, the fact that I canât do it tells me ⌠Mark was in full possession the knowledge that he was unique.â
Rather than unfolding like a typical oral biography, Pratoâs book is organized in 16 chapters built mostly around a single question such as âWhat made Mark so unique as a singer?,â âWhat was it like to work - in various capacities and on various projects - with Mark?â and âHow would you like Mark to be remembered?â This makes âLangeganâ as unusual and singular as Lanegan.
Though Lanegan left a ton of damage - to himself and his friends and collaborators - in his wake, the man who emerges from âLaneganâ is a musical omnivore (as his unlikely partnerships with Isobel Campbell and Soulsavers demonstrate) with a wicked sense of humor and a fierce sense of loyalty to the people he held closest.
âHis heart was wonderful,â producer John Agnello says. âI know he was tough, I know he could be a cocksucker to people, but man, I saw things about him that I donât think enough people saw.â
These are the things about Lanegan you are better off knowing. And theyâre there for the learning in âLanegan.â
Grade card: âLaneganâ by Greg Prato - B
3/27/23
Book Review: âBONZO: 30 Rock Drummers Remember the Legendary John Bonhamâ by Greg Prato
Itâs been 40 years since âBonzo,â the mighty John Bonham, backbone of the mightier Led Zeppelin, died in 1980 after choking on his own vomit.
He was just 32 years old.
Gone. But not forgotten. And widely revered as one of rockâs greatest drummers, Bonham is remembered by a score plus 10 of his contemporaries and acolytes in music journalist Greg Pratoâs âBONZO: 30 Rock Drummers Remember the Legendary John Bonham.â
Thirty drummers may have been too many as Prato runs out of unique questions and repeats himself often, making the final third feel like a rehash of what came before. Still, thereâs something satisfying in hearing famous musicians speaking as fans.
Prato wisely allows the drummers to talk about the drummer and his drumming, asking simple, concise questions and geting out of the way. He then lays out his conversations with journeyman Kenny Arnoff, Quiet Riotâs Frankie Banali, Gregg Bissonette (Ringo Starr), Grand Funkâs Don Brewer, Liberty DeVitto (Billy Joel), the Black Crowesâ Steve Gorman, Marky Ramone and others in Q&A style over 275 pages.
Although âBONZOâ is a book about drumming as told by drummers, the interview subjects donât speak in any kind of secret language, making it comprehensible to anyone.
While the subjects universally agreed Bonham is among the best of the best, other names - Starr, Carmine Appice, Neil Peart, Mitch Mitchell, Phil Collins, et al. - pop up with surprising regularity in interviews that took place after Peartâs death in January and before Banaliâs in August 2020.
The book puts an end to the apocryphal stories of Bonham playing with inordinately large sticks or whacking the drums with extraordinary force, instead explaining his big sound is attributable mostly to Bonhamâs tuning, expert micâing, Jimmy Pageâs sage production and the fact he was in Led Zeppelin.
âBonham is to rock ânâ roll what Buddy Rich was to jazz,â Arnoff says. âThereâs only one human being like that - and so different and so unique.â
Grade card: âBONZO: 30 Rock Drummers Remember the Legendary John Bonhamâ by Greg Prato - B
11/16/20
New Soundgarden Biography,from Journalist and Author Greg Prato, Out Now
New Soundgarden Biography,from Journalist and Author Greg Prato, Out Now
A new book tracking the rise and career of Soundgarden is out now from respected music journalist and author Greg Prato ( Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon, and Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets). Dark Black and Blue: The Soundgarden Storyis out now for purchase and tells theâŚ
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Hard Rockâs âYesterdayâ: The Story of Goldilox by Kings X
âGoldilox is the song that people just missed out on⌠one of the greatest songs that I had ever heardâ Charlie Benante of Anthrax.
Resilience has become a fashionable buzz word. Some corporates now provide âresilience trainingâ to help staff deal with what life throws at them. Well, itâs cheaper than just hiring the right number of people to do the work, right?
For the band Kings X, resilienceâŚ
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New Book, 'The 100 Greatest Rock Bassists, Counts Down And Analyzes The Best In Bass
New Book, âThe 100 Greatest Rock Bassists, Counts Down And Analyzes The Best In Bass
There have been seemingly countless âGreatest Rock Guitaristsâ lists assembled over the years â for articles or books. ButâŚwhat about bassists? In âThe 100 Greatest Rock Bassists,â author/journalist Greg Pratocourageously attempts to level the playing field, single-handedly. In addition to counting them down from the bottom to the top, each entry contains info on each player â includingâŚ
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Shredders: The Oral History Of Speed Guitar - A Must Read Book
Shredders: The Oral History Of Speed Guitar â A Must Read Book
By Andrew Catania
Greg Prato puts out books I just canât put down. Shredders: The Oral History Of Speed Guitaris just one of them.  Prato has a way of getting the people he interviews to open up and tell stories. I would suspect from what he says about himself in his forwards; it might be because Prato himself is a fan of these people and the subject matter. Whatâs particularly cool about thisâŚ
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Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon â Styx, Mr. Big & Shredders
Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon â Styx, Mr. Big &Â Shredders
On this episode of Rock Talk With Mitch Lafon, STYX guitarist Tommy Shaw discusses the bandâs classic sounding new album The Mission, working with Night Rangerâs Jack Blades and offers an update on the Damn Yankees third album tentatively titled, Bravo. Eric Martin of Mr. Big joins Mitch to talk about the bandâs latest album Defying Gravity, his relationship with bassist Billy Sheehan and his newâŚ
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