Michael Goldberg - Addicted to Noise: The Music Writings of Michael Goldberg

I am grateful to Paul Krassner and Thomas Albright, both of whom are deceased, for their help in kick-starting my journalism career.

Thanks to Pat Thomas, who suggested I contact Backbeat Books and pitch this book to them. To Greil Marcus for his flattering Foreword. To Amy Rennert for her timely advice on publishing contracts and to Cory Storch of the Authors Guild for his valuable advice.

Thanks to the late Jim Henke at Rolling Stone who taught me plenty about reporting and writing news stories and profiles, and to Jann Wenner for letting Jim hire me. Thanks to John Goddard, who when I was a teenager owned and ran Village Music in Mill Valley. John played great records in his store and introduced me to Bessie Smith and many others. Thanks to Lester Bangs for answering a high school students letter about writing record reviews for Creem. Thanks to Ed Ward and John Morthland, both now deceased, for giving me insight, as a teenager, into the world of rock criticism. Thanks to Jaan Uhelszki for interviewing Patti Smith with me and being up for having our interview be included in this book. Thanks to Toby Byron, who cofounded Hard Road with me when we were 17, and who was my partner in crime for many rock & roll adventures when we were teenagers. Thanks to the many editors I worked with on pieces included in this book, and pieces that arent, including David Armstrong, Adam Moss, Pam Brunger, Nancy Friedman, Patrick Fox, David Kleinberg, Marian Zaillian, Charlie Haas, John Battelle, Ira Kamin, James Stark, Vic Gabarini, David Talbot, Andy Schwartz, Brian Wise, Simon Warner, Alan Light, Michael E. Miller, Mary Eisenhart, Ira Robbins, Susan Whitall, and the others from long, long ago whose names now escape me.

Thanks to Chester Simpson, Robert Knight, Vincent Anton Stornaiuolo, Roni Hoffman, and Charles Peterson for their wonderful photos; to Christopher Aguirre, Bill Rossi, Corin Tucker, Carrie Brownstein, Chris Lines, and Toby Silver for your help regarding the book cover; and to Steve DePace for the Flipper T-shirt art. Thanks to Frank Kozik for designing the Addicted To Noise logo back in 1994.

Thanks to Jeff Rosen and Mike Kappus for your help, and to Mark Mothersbaugh, David Blau, and Arthur Sadler for getting me permission to quote from the Devo song Jocko Homo. Thanks to former Eyes singer/lyricist Alicia Pojanowski for giving me permission to quote from her songs.

Thanks to John Cerullo who was the editor at Backbeat Books who initially expressed interest in publishing this book and made me an offer I couldnt refuse; to Chris Chappell, who took over from John and has seen this book through to publication; and to Barbara Claire and Laurel Myers who dealt with much of the day-to-day of my interactions with Backbeat.

Thanks to my family: Leslie, Joe, Anne, Norah, and Sam. I love you all.

And thanks to Nici and Yuki, both dogs, who keep my days exciting.

Thanks to my best friend David Monterey, who is truly the best; thanks for your friendship and for being so supportive of my projects, including this book.

And thanks to all the artists written about in this book who made themselves available for interviews and, in some cases, let me hang around for days so I could observe them in their rock & roll world.

For those unfamiliar with some of the artists or bands written about in this book, I have provided one album (in most cases), that will provide a great introduction to each artist or band.

John Lee Hooker, The Ultimate Collection (Rhino)

Ramblin Jack Elliott, Hard Travelin (Fantasy)

Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia) and Blonde on Blonde (Columbia)

Black Flag, Damaged (SST)

The Replacements, Let It Be (Twin/Tone)

Hsker D, Zen Arcade (SST)

The Minutemen, Post Mersh, Vol. 1 (SST)

Professor Longhair, New Orleans Piano (Atlantic Jazz)

Van Morrison, Astral Weeks (Warner Bros.)

Patti Smith, Horses (Arista)

Ramones, Ramones (Sire)

The Clash, London Calling (Epic)

Sex Pistols, Never Mind the Bollocks, Heres the Sex Pistols (Warner Bros.)

Prince, Dirty Mind (Warner Bros.) and 1999 (Warner Bros.)

Muddy Waters, Folk Singer (Chess/ MCA)

Flipper, AlbumGeneric Flipper (American WB): Available as an MP 3 album or via Spotify.

Crime, Murder by Guitar (Superior Viaduct)

Sleater-Kinney, Call the Doctor (Sub Pop)

James Brown, Live at the Apollo 1962 (Universal Music Group)

Talking Heads, Talking Heads 77 (Sire/Warner Bros.)

John Fogerty/Creedence Clearwater Revival, Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits (Fantasy)

Chris Isaak, Silvertone (Warner Bros.) and Heart Shaped World (Reprise)

Townes Van Zandt, Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas (Fat Possum/ TVZ Records)

Gil Scott-Heron, The Best of Gil Scott-Heron (Sony Music Canada Inc.)

Jolie Holland, Catalpa (Anti)

Tom Waits, Mule Variations (Anti)

Michael Jackson, Thriller (Sony Legacy)

Devo, Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Warner Bros.)

Neil Young, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Reprise) and Tonights the Night (Reprise)

Big Brother and the Holding Company, Cheap Thrills (Columbia)

Grateful Dead, The Grateful Dead (Warner Bros.) and Live Dead (Warner Bros.)

Country Joe & The Fish, Electric Music for the Mind and Body (Vanguard)

Flamin Groovies, Groovies Greatest Grooves (Sire) or Shake Some Action (Sire)

American Music Club, Engine (Warner Bros.) and Mercury (Warner Bros.)

Laurie Anderson, Big Science (Nonesuch)

Lou Reed/Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico (Polydor), White Light/ White Heat (Polydor), The Velvet Underground (Polydor), and Loaded (Polydor)

Sly & The Family Stone, Greatest Hits (Sony Legacy) and Theres a Riot Goin On (Sony Legacy)

George Clinton/Funkadelic, Maggot Brain (Ace Records Import)

Rick James, Street Songs (Motown)

Dennis Wilson, Pacific Ocean Blue (Sony Legacy)

Brian Wilson/Beach Boys, Pet Sounds (Capitol) and Sounds of Summer (Capitol)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica (Zappa Records) and Lick My Decals Off, Baby (Rhino/Warner Bros.)

Frank Zappa/The Mothers of Invention, Freak Out! (Zappa Records)

Stevie Wonder, Talking Book (Motown) or Innervisions (Motown)

Richard and Linda Thompson, Shoot out the Lights (Hannibal)

Robbie Robertson/The Band, Music from Big Pink (Capitol) and Robbie Robertson (Universal Music Group)

Avengers, Avengers (Superior Viaduct) and We Are the One as well as their live set opening for the Sex Pistols at Winterland can be streamed on YouTube

Sleepers, The Less an Object (Tim Kerr)

Various, Miners Benefit (White Noise Records) or entire album is on YouTube.

Mutants, Fun Terminal (White Noise) or all songs on YouTube. New Dark Ages EP (415 Records): New Dark Ages and Insect World are on YouTube. Search on Tube for Mutants live at Mabuhay for entire sets.

I want to thank Penguin/Random House and Bill Rossi for giving me permission to base the cover of this book on the original 1953 cover of William Burroughs Junkie, a painting by Al Rossi. Highway 61 Revisited album cover Sony Music Entertainment. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission. The Great John Lee Hooker cover art Ace Records. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission.