They were very different, but the bill flowed perfectly. The four bands that played – Marco Polio & the New Vaccines, Man Inc., Luder and the Octopus were all incredible. “Since moving to Metro Detroit three years ago, I’ve loved the New Way and last night, Tina and the venue didn’t let me down at all. The book launch party was held at New Way Bar (23130 Woodward) in Ferndale on Friday, October 1 st. The book was released in London in 2007, but has just been re-released through Wayne State University Press. In MC5: Sonically Speaking, Callwood follows the band from its 1960s beginnings in Detroit, to their 1972 break up and more recent reunion. MC5 is credited with paving the way for the punk revolution. I felt like there was a demand for one, and I felt that I could do the band justice.” I had interviewed both Dennis Thompson and Michel Davis previously and I like them a lot. “Most music journalists get to the point they want to write a book,” he said.
He now calls Berkley home, where he lives with his beautiful wife Toni, who also works in the music industry. In 2007 he was finally able to move to Detroit and do just that. In 2006 Callwood decided it was time to write a book. I fell in love with Metro Detroit that weekend and I made friends that I still hold dear to this day.” I came out here for a weekend and had an amazing time.
Eric Hoegemeyer and Steve Zuccaro, both formerly of Charm Farm, were in the band. “Gold Cash Gold were on Times Beach Records, at the time based in Royal Oak. “Of course I jumped at the chance,” Callwood said. A UK publication called Classic Rock Magazine asked him to go to Detroit and interview a band called Gold Cash Cold for a new band feature. By 2004 he was writing steady for five magazines, and earning enough to quit his boring computer job to live full-time as a writer.Īt the end of 2004 Callwood got a “golden” opportunity. In 1999 he started writing freelance for Kerrang! Magazine and slowly got more regular writing work. So great were the beacons from bands like the MC5, the Stooges, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Bob Seger, Negative Approach, Mitch Ryder, Eminem and others that MC5:Sonically Speaking author Brett Callwood felt compelled to escape his life the IT field in England, to become a rock and roll writer in the D.
The rockstar writer with the spikey hair and irresistible British accent fell in love with Detroit from afar. Sonically Speaking: Book About MC5 Sells out New Way Signing
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