Victor Bockris
Victor Bockris (* 1949 in Sussex ) is an English-born American journalist and author .
Life
He is considered the most important chronicler of the New York underground scene - he primarily deals with the 1960s and early 1970s. In his knowledgeable biographies, he mostly sheds light on the rise, fall, fall and comeback of the protagonists and antagonists of the American rock and independent scene . Based on his insider knowledge and personal acquaintances, Bockris describes the life, loves and sorrows of the New York music scene. The writer has been a quasi “village chronicler” and an intimate connoisseur of New York bohemianism since the 1960s. He edited the first volume of Patti Smith's poetry , Seventh Heaven , in 1972 . He has also published biographies on The Velvet Underground , Keith Richards , Blondie , Lou Reed , William S. Burroughs , Muhammad Ali and Andy Warhol .
Works
- Patti Smith. The unauthorized biography. Kruger, Frankfurt. ISBN 3-8105-0435-1 .
- Andy Warhol , Heyne, Munich 1991. ISBN 3-546-41393-8 .
- Keith Richards , Heyne, Munich 1993
- William S. Burroughs - Report from the Bunker . Ullstein, Berlin, 1998. ISBN 3-548-31208-X . German by Udo Breger and Esther Breger
- Beat Punks - New York's Underground Culture from the Beat Generation to the Punk Explosion . Da Capo Press, 2000. ISBN 0-3068-0939-7 .
- Lou Reed , Hannibal, 2000
- Muhammad Ali in Fighter's Heaven , Cooper Square Publishers, 2000. ISBN 0-8154-1062-X .
- Blondie, from Punk to the Present. A Pictorial History , 2002 (Musical Legacy Series, 1)
- Up-Tight: The Velvet Underground Story (with Gerard Malanga ), Cooper Square Publishers, 2003
Web links
- Literature by and about Victor Bockris in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bockris, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American music journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sussex , England |