Marc Spitz

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Marc Spitz (born October 2, 1969 in Queens , New York - † February 4, 2017 ) was an American music journalist , writer and playwright .

life and work

Marc Spitz came from a middle class family and studied at Bennington College in Vermont . From 1997 he was the author of the music magazine Spin . His work has also appeared in Vanity Fair , Rolling Stone and the New York Times . He wrote a column at Salon .

Works (selection)

Books
  • We Got The Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk (with Brendan Mullen). Three Rivers Press, New York 2001, ISBN 0-609-80774-9
  • How Soon is Never . Three Rivers Press, New York 2003, ISBN 0-609-81040-5 (German edition: When only, if not now?. Rockbuch Verlag, Schlüchtern 2006.)
  • Too Much, Too Late . Three Rivers Press, New York 2006, ISBN 1-400-08293-5
  • Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day . Hyperion, New York 2006, ISBN 1-401-30274-2 (German edition: Green Day - Nobody Likes You . Rockbuch Verlag, Schlüchtern 2006.)
  • Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s. 2013
  • Twee: A History 2014
Plays
  • Retail Sluts (1998)
  • The Rise And Fall of the Farewell Drugs (1998)
  • ... Worry, Baby (1999)
  • I Wanna Be Adored (1999)
  • Shyness is Nice (2001)
  • Gravity Always Wins (2003)
  • The Name of This Play is Talking Heads (2005)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marc Spitz, Veteran Music Journalist and Author, Dead at 47 . In: Rolling Stone Magazine of February 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ Mitchell Peters, Shirley Halperin: Marc Spitz, Music Journalist and Playwright, Dies . In: Billboard dated February 4, 2017.
  3. ↑ Erin Keane: Saying goodbye to Marc Spitz: Author, critic, playwright and true believer in rock 'n' roll . In: Salon of February 7, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Spitz, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer and music journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd October 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Queens
DATE OF DEATH 4th February 2017