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5 unusual facts about Dave Marsh


Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted

Rolling Stone writer Dave Marsh called it "a surprisingly successful ... one-shot, with the original group, again dominated by Price and Burdon, turning in fine, hard-nosed blues performances." Bruce Eder of Allmusic judged it "just short of a lost classic."

Classic Albums: The Who – Who's Next

It features various interviews with the surviving members of the band Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle noted writers, including Dave Marsh.

Dave Marsh

He was a formative editor of Creem magazine, has written for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on rock music.

Along with Rolling Stone magazine publisher Jann Wenner, Marsh has been involved in organizing and maintaining the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.

He began his career as a rock critic at Creem magazine, where he was mentored by close friend and colleague Lester Bangs.


Rock and the Pop Narcotic

Carducci's tendency was directly counter to the politically progressive and relatively mainstream attitude of such writers as Dave Marsh or Greil Marcus, neither of whom answered the charges Carducci made against them (of ignoring quality music for political reasons).

Rock's Backpages

The database contains contributions from over 300 journalists, primarily from the US and UK, including journalists such as Dave Marsh, Nick Kent, Charles Shaar Murray, Nick Tosches, Mick Farren, Carol Cooper, Al Aronowitz and Ian MacDonald.


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