Alan Di Perna

One of America’s foremost music scribes, Alan di Perna has been writing professionally about popular music and culture since 1980. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he came of age during the heady cultural explosion that was the psychedelic '60s and first emerged as a rock musician and writer amid the exuberant cross-genre hedonism of New York's early '80s post punk scene. His writing about music combines a musician's technical insight, a scholarly depth of critical acumen, a keen feel for cultural contexts, and an engaging, streetwise style. Several generations of rock fans and musicians have grown up reading his insightful take on everything from the blues to punk rock to electronic music and technology. His latest publication is Play it Loud An Epic History of the Style, Sound, and Revolution of the Electric Guitar from the publisher Doubleday.