Well, not quite definitive. Philip Norman's 2008 John Lennon: The Life still holds that rank. I suppose new biographies of fascinating people will always be produced, but we're dealing with some well-trodden ground here. Several major "event" bios of Lennon are out there, beginning with Ray Colem...
In Fever, music critic Tim Riley argues that while political and athletic role models have let us down, rock and roll has provided enduring role models for men and women. From Elvis Presley to Tina Turner to Bruce Springsteen to Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love, Riley makes a persuasive case that ro...
The rock ’n’ roll revolution in our ideas about manhood begins—as so much in rock begins—with Elvis Presley. Presley released his first single, “That’s All Right, Mama,” a cover of an Arthur Crudup blues side, in July of 1954. Just two months earlier, the Supreme Court had handed down the Brown v...