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The Dark Stuff
Nick Kent
(Faber & Faber)
First published by Penguin in 1994, The Dark Stuff is a compendium of interviews and profiles drawn from legendary scribe Nick Kent’s work for publications including the NME, The Face, The Guardian and Libération, alongside a number of purpose-written pieces. Reissued by Faber with an extra 100-plus pages of recent articles, it is now an even more indispensable purchase by a writer who long ago gained accession to the (very) small elite club of rock journalists (Shaar Murray, MacDonald, Hoskyns, Marcus – and that’s about it) whose work actually warrants revisiting years after initial publication. Kent, more than any other music journalist with the exception of Lester Bangs, famously attempted to live the rock life, and his excitement at this swirling, ever-expanding demi-monde glows from nearly every page. In some cases revised or actually written years after the event, the pieces on the Stones, Lou Reed, Roky Erickson and Iggy Pop are especially evocative, while the newer material yields masterful studies of Phil Spector and Sly Stone. Long cleaned up and living in Paris, Kent is a writer with a keen eye for atmosphere and context, and The Dark Stuff is the page-turning proof of his undiminished talents.
David Davies
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