The dark side of influential musicians

Just finished a terrific collection of rock profiles by Nick Kent titled "The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music."

I read a lot of music books -- at least one at any given time -- and had heard of Kent's work over the year. But for some reason I'd never given him a look, until I snagged a free chapter of "The Dark Stuff" on my Kindle.

My bad for waiting so long to read his work. It was originally published in 1994, with a revised edition released in 2002. It's loaded with long, detailed profiles on music figures big and small, but all highly influential in their own right.

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