Chris Handyside
{{Short description|American music critic and writer for music magazines}}
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Chris Handyside is an American music critic and writer for music magazines including Spin{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/writers/chris-handyside/|title=chrishandyside|work=Spin}} and Rolling Stone{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/xzibit-leads-the-weeks-releases-20001211|title=Xzibit Leads the Week's Releases|magazine=Rolling Stone}} as well as Detroit alternative newsweekly the Metro Times{{Cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/ArticleArchives?author=2135273|title=Chris Handyside|website=Detroit Metro Times|language=en|access-date=2017-08-28}}
He is also the author of "Fell in Love With A Band: The Story of the White Stripes" (St. Martin's Press, 2004){{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YS4wAAAAQBAJ|title=Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of The White Stripes|last=Handyside|first=Chris|date=2013-08-13|publisher=St. Martin's Press|isbn=9781466851849|language=en}} and the "History of American Music" series (Heinemann-Raintree, 2006){{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=bibliogroup:%22A+History+of+American+Music%22|title=bibliogroup:"A History of American Music" - Google Search|last=|first=|date=|website=www.google.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-08-28}}
Work
In September 2004, Handyside published Fell in love with a Band, a comprehensive biography about Jack White and Meg White, otherwise known as The White Stripes.{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-312-33618-9|title=Fell in Love with a Band: The Story of the White Stripes|date=September 1, 2004|accessdate=February 26, 2020|work=Publishers Weekly}}{{cite web|url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2004-12-03/240302/|title=Fell in Love With a Band: The Story of the White Stripes|date=December 3, 2004|accessdate=February 26, 2020|work=The Austin Chronicle|first=Melanie|last=Haupt}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/the-white-stripes-232-1368190|title=Jack White attacks White Stripes books|work=NME|date=June 14, 2005|accessdate=February 26, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/05/books/review/rock-n-roll-exiles-on-main-street.html|title=Rock 'n' Roll: Exile on Main Street|date=December 5, 2004|accessdate=February 26, 2020|work=The New York Times|first=Hugo|last=Lindgren}} The biography delves into the childhoods of each member and talks about how the two met. It gives a full discography and provides more than 50 pictures.
References
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- Chris Handyside. Baker & Taylor Author Biographies. January 2000:1. Accessed May 15, 2025. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=lkh&AN=49299851&site=eds-live&scope=site
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.metrotimes.com/music/fell-in-love-with-a-scene-2179782|title=Fell In Love With a Scene|date=December 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241225062244/https://www.metrotimes.com/music/fell-in-love-with-a-scene-2179782 |archive-date=25 December 2024 }}
- {{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/chrishandyside|title=Chris Handyside | Authors | Macmillan|website=Macmillan Publishers}}
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Category:American music critics
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