Addicted To Noise

"All through these pages, you can hear the people Michael Goldberg is talking to and talking about reach the same conclusion. I can trust this guy, they say."--Greil Marcus, author of Mystery Train, Lipstick Traces and numerous others

"In Addicted To Noise, Michael Goldberg flies far above the pop/cult clich?s of the rock journalist as sweaty fanboy or hyper-analytic smarty pants. The man just dug in and did the work as an informed, respectful and engaged interviewer. It shows in this compilation of interviews and profiles. Even the wariest artists let him in--backstage, at home, and deep in the midnight hour. There's a piece for every fan's passion, from Patti Smith to the Beach Boys or James Brown. Whether Goldberg is jousting with a twitchy Van Morrison or giving the riot grrrls of Sleater-Kinney some r-e-s-p-e-c-t, there's a whole lotta love for the music, too. For Goldberg and the reader, all those years 'on the bus' make for one great ride."--Gerri Hirshey, author of Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music and We Gotta Get Outta This Place: The True, Tough Story of Women in Rock

"In Addicted To Noise, Michael Goldberg writes authoritatively and sensitively about some on music's most fascinating and, yes, bewildering characters. He takes you right into the lives and minds of Prince, Rick James, Van Morrison, Laurie Anderson, Gil Scott-Heron, John Lee Hooker, Flipper, Sleater-Kinney, and several other true originals--and teaches you almost everything you need to know about them."--Barney Hoskyns, author of Lawside of the Road: A Life of Tom Waits and God is in the Radio: Unbridled Enthusiasms 1980-2020

"Michael Goldberg has his finger on the pulse, his foot to the beat, his hip to the rhythm, and his ears peeled for the cadences of rock & roll's raucous jibber-jabber in an outrageously entertaining rollercoaster through several decades of pop and punk, funk and blues writing. With a byline peppering numerous major newspapers, newsweeklies, and magazines, Goldberg is truly a star turn in a golden age of rock reportage."--Simon Warner, author of Text and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture and editor of Kerouac on Record

"Throughout these interviews and essays, Goldberg shows us how consequential music can be. His stance is both as passionate fan and learned critic as he grapples with these artists on their own terms, capturing them at crucial moments, challenging their personas and making the case for their work. He has written a captivating, essential, and personal history of the complications and revelations contained in the ideal of rock & roll authenticity."--Dana Spiotta, author of Eat the Document, Stone Arabia, and Innocents and Others