Austin Scaggs

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Austin Scaggs
Circumstances
Occupation	Journalist
Family	Father—Boz Scaggs
Notable credit(s)

Austin Scaggs is a music critic and a senior editor for Rolling Stone magazine. He's also written for Men's Journal. He has appeared on the MTV show, I'm From Rolling Stone. His father is musician Boz Scaggs.

Scaggs was born to Boz and Carmella Scaggs. His parents divorced in 1980, and after a three-and-a-half year battle, they were awarded joint custody.^[1]

Scaggs read Rolling Stone as a child, but never planned to go into music journalism.^[2] At nineteen, he moved from San Francisco to New York City to play guitar in a band, and began interning at Rolling Stone. He loved it and eventually began picking up small assignments. After two years, he began receiving travel assignments.^[3] Four years into his job, he was assigned the section "Random Notes," which, incidentally, had been his favorite section as a child. He has interviewed many prestigious musicians, including Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Ray Charles, and Justin Timberlake.^[2] Scaggs will sometimes get inebriated with the artists he interviews; he did ecstacy with James Blunt.^[4] In regards to his interviewing style, he has said that he does not "write to stir up controversy, make tabloid headlines, or get someone busted".^[2]

Scaggs plays bass.^[5]

Scaggs is an avid poker player and occasionally plays in celebrity tournaments.^[6]

[edit] Personal life

Scagg's older brother Oscar died of an accidental heroin overdose on New Year's Eve 1998. He had struggled with heroin for some time, and had recently completed drug rehab.^[7]