American music journalist
Stephen Davis is an American music journalist .
Davis was born in New York City and attended Boston University . He began his career writing for the Boston Phoenix in 1970.[1] His journalism has appeared in Rolling Stone , The New York Times , the Boston Globe and numerous other newspapers and magazines.[1]
The negativity and purported inaccuracy of his Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods , along with other controversial works, earned him the nickname "Stephen Salacious".[2]
Published works Reggae Bloodlines: In Search of the Music and Culture of Jamaica , with photographs by Peter Simon, Da Capo Press (1977), 1992, ISBN 0-306-80496-4 Reggae International , with photographs of Peter Simon, 1982, R&B Books, USA, ISBN 0-394-71313-3 Bob Marley: The Biography , 1983, A Barker, ISBN 0-213-16859-6 Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga , Berkley Publishing Group (1985), 1997, ISBN 0-345-33516-3 Hammer of the Gods: "Led Zeppelin" Unauthorised , Macmillan, 2005, ISBN 0-330-43859-X Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac , by Mick Fleetwood , William Morrow & Company, 1990, ISBN 0-688-06647-X Jajouka Rolling Stone: A Fable of Gods and Heroes , Random House Trade, 1993, ISBN 0-679-42119-X This Wheel's on Fire – Levon Helm and the Story of The Band , with Levon Helm , Plexus Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-85965-216-5 Bob Marley: Conquering Lion of Reggae , Plexus Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-85965-222-X Bob Marley , revised edition, Schenkman Books, 1998, ISBN 0-87047-044-2 Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith , with Aerosmith , HarperCollins , 1997, ISBN 0-380-97594-7 Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones , Broadway, USA, 2001, ISBN 0-7679-0312-9 Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend , Ebury Press, 2004, ISBN 0-09-190041-7 Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Guns N' Roses , Gotham Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59240-377-6 Introduction of The First Rasta: Leonard Howell and the Rise of Rastafarianism , by Helene Lee , Chicago Review Press, 2005, ISBN 1-55652-558-3 LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour , Gotham Books, 2010, ISBN 1-59240-589-4 Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story , Hachette Books, 2021, ISBN 978-0-306-84606-9
References ^ a b Davis, Stephen (1985), Hammer of the Gods . New York: Ballantine Books . ISBN 0-345-33516-3 , p. 360 ^ Simon Sweetman, "Rock Stars in need of money/therapy", Stuff.co.nz , January 20, 2011.