Ben Myers
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Ben Myers (born 1976 in Durham, UK) is an author, music journalist and record label owner.
As a teenager he began writing for British weekly Melody Maker. As a freelance journalist he has written for publications such as Kerrang!, Time Out, Q, PlayLouder, Careless Talk Costs Lives, and Classic Rock, and published a number of music biographies and one collection of journalism.
Ben Myers' first novel The Book Of Fuck, a fictionalised account about a hapless music journalist, was published to acclaim in 2004 through Wrecking Ball Press. The novel drew comparisons to the likes of Charles Bukowski, Hunter S Thompson and JP Donleavey. A number of his short stories are due for publication in 2007. Myers's books have been published in UK, US, Finland, Germany, Italy and Russia. Ben Myers also runs the independent record label Captains of Industry
Titles by Ben Myers include :
Green Day : American Idiots and the new punk explosion
System Of A Down : Right Here In Hollywood
Muse : Inside the muscle museum
John Lydon : The Sex Pistols, Pil and Anti-Celebrity
[edit] References
- Myers, Ben. Green Day : American idiots & the new punk explosion. 1st American ed. New York, NY : Disinformation Co., 2006. ISBN 1-932857-32-X
- Captains Of Industry record label.
- eam magazine: Interview with Ben Myers, August 2004
- Caught in the Crossfire: Interview with Ben Myers
