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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 (book) , 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
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