About the Author

Will Hermes was born in Queens, in the city of which he writes. He is a senior critic for Rolling Stone, and also writes for the New York Times and the Village Voice. He was co-editor of SPIN- 20 Years of Alternative Music.

Reviews

Can literature change your life? Yes ... along came Will Hermes, who cost me several hundred pounds on iTunes and ruptured my relationship with guitars
*Believer magazine*

It was the best of times, it was the best of places: Will Hermes captures the creative incandescence of New York in those five years that changed music
*Richard Williams*

Brings depth and discernment and an eye for odd detail, making his book an essential work of cultural history
*Luc Sante*