Paul Rees Author

The making of a rock 'n' roll blockbuster. Please do read, subscribe to, & share my new substack on ZZ Top's landmark Eliminator album at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/how-zz-top-really-made-eliminator?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Six decades of righteous fury. Twenty American punk classics, plus playlist. Please do read, hear, subscribe to, & share my new Substack at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/ranked-20-essential-us-punk-albums?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Take a volcano-humping taster course in the glories of . Please do read, subscribe to, comment on, and share my new Substack at the link:

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/like-black-sabbath-styled-stoner?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

My most rock 'n' roll interview. Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs unwrapped. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/my-most-rock-n-roll-ever-interview?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

but perhaps not as you know it. Please do read, listen to, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/12-cult-classic-britpop-albums-you?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Lana Del Rey: "I'm not actually a femme fatale. 'Diamonds on my wrist.' Yes, that much I have going on."
The rise of a generational kind of artist. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/lana-del-rey-the-first-and-last-interview?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

"These guys were miles ahead of everybody else. Together they were masters." Unearthing musical gems. Please do read, subscribe to, comment on & share my new Substack at the link:
https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/3-albums-you-should-hear-before-you?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Bruce Springsteen: "If you are here, then you are a player in history, and you have a very brief moment to play your part. To ask: can I have an impact?"
Rolling with The Boss & the E Street Band. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link:

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I've five signed copies of my new book, , ready to give away. In the words of the San Francisco Chronicle: 'Reading it is like eating a party-size bag of chips with a buzz on. It's hard to stop.'

Full details here at the link: https://paul-rees-author.com/five-signed-copies-of-raised-on-radio-to-be-won/

"Our accountants were like, 'God, you're in trouble.' So we were like, 'Okay, we'll go get dressed up.'"
"I totally enjoyed our success. Being up on big stages and riding around in private planes. All of it."
Heart and the Wilson sisters in the 'ego-expanded, cocaine-driven 1980s'. Please do read, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link:

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/how-heart-made-rocks-greatest-comeback?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Paul McCartney: "I remember not really liking the vocal on 'Eleanor Rigby'. Thinking I hadn't nailed it. It's a bit annoying when you do 'Eleanor Rigby' and you're not happy with it."

Three weeks on the run with a living legend. Close encounters with Macca in my new Substack. Please do read, subscribe to, and share at the link: https://paulreesuk.substack.com/p/being-macca?r=h2u34

In praise of 's unparalleled work of wonder. Please do read, comment on, subscribe to, and share my new Substack at the link:

https://open.substack.com/pub/paulreesuk/p/a-staggering-work-of-heart-stopping?r=h2u34&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true