Chuck Eddy Libri

Rates and reviews five hundred heavy metal albums

Chuck Eddy's work as a music critic spans three decades, showcasing his unique ability to champion overlooked genres and artists. His incisive journalism includes memorable interviews with iconic musicians and influential reviews that shaped music trends, such as inspiring the collaboration between Aerosmith and Run DMC. With a distinctive hyper-caffeinated writing style, Eddy covers a wide array of genres, from indie rock to hip-hop. "Rock and Roll Always Forgets" compiles his most provocative and essential writings, serving as a crucial resource for music enthusiasts and scholars alike.

Chuck Eddy is one of the most entertaining, idiosyncratic, influential, and prolific music critics of the past three decades. His byline has appeared everywhere from the Village Voice and Rolling Stone to Creem, Spin, and Vibe. Eddy is a consistently incisive journalist, unafraid to explore and defend genres that other critics look down on or ignore. His interviews with subjects ranging from the Beastie Boys, the Pet Shop Boys, Robert Plant, and Teena Marie to the Flaming Lips, AC/DC, and Eminem’s grandmother are unforgettable. His review of a 1985 Aerosmith album reportedly inspired the producer Rick Rubin to pair the rockers with Run DMC. In the eighties, Eddy was one of the first critics to widely cover indie rock, and he has since brought his signature hyper-caffeinated, hyper-hyphenated style to bear on heavy metal, hip-hop, country—you name it. Rock and Roll Always Forgets features the best, most provocative reviews, interviews, columns, and essays written by this singular critic. Essential reading for music scholars and fans, it may well be the definitive time-capsule comment on pop music at the turn of the twenty-first century.