Dave Thompson (author)
{{Short description|English writer (born 1960)}}
{{Other people||David Thompson (disambiguation){{!}}David Thompson}}
{{Other people||David Thomas (disambiguation){{!}}David Thomas}}
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| pseudonym = Dave Thomas
| birth_name = David Thompson
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| birth_place = Bideford, Devon, England
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| genre = Non-fiction, history, biography
| subject = Pop music, film, television
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| years_active = 1980s–present
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David Thompson (also Dave Thomas; born 4 January 1960) is an English writer who is the author of more than 100 books, largely dealing with rock and pop music,Sandall, Robert (17 April 2005). [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615115447/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article380487.ece "Cream by Dave Thompson"]. The Sunday Times. but also covering film, sports, philately, numismatics and erotica. He wrote regularly for Melody Maker and Record Collector in the 1980s, and has since contributed to magazines such as Mojo, Q, Rolling Stone and Goldmine.[https://www.rocksbackpages.com/Library/Writer/dave-thompson "Dave Thompson"]. Rock's Backpages. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
Biography
Thompson was born in Bideford in Devon, England. In the late 1970s, he wrote and published a punk rock fanzine.[http://www.cgpublishing.com/Author_Bios/dave_thompson.html Biography at Collectors Guide Publishing]. Retrieved 4 February 2014. In the 1980s, he was employed by Richard Desmond's Northern & Shell in the London Docklands.Thompson, Dave, [http://davethompsonbooks.wordpress.com/naughty-stuff/penthouse-forum/ "Penthouse & Forum"], It's Not Only Rock'n'Roll. Retrieved 4 February 2014 He moved to the United States in 1989. Among many other music publications for which he has written are Alternative Press and Shindig!, as well as for the AllMusic website.
His first published book, U2: Stories for Boys (Plexus, 1985, under the pen name Dave Thomas), was the first biography of the band U2. His other book subjects include Depeche Mode, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, T. V. Smith and the Adverts, ZZ Top, Joan Jett, Perry Farrell, Patti Smith, Kurt Cobain, Deep Purple, Genesis and Simple Minds.
Thompson has also written extensively on David Bowie, including the biographies Moonage Daydream (1987) and Hallo Spaceboy (2006), as well as the semi-fictional To Major Tom (2000). In 2004, Helter Skelter published his book The Psychedelic Furs: Beautiful Chaos.{{cite web|url=https://davethompsonbooks.wordpress.com/423-2/2000s/psychedelic-furs-beautiful-chaos/|title=Psychedelic Furs – Beautiful Chaos|date=1 August 2011}} Thompson's book Black and White and Blue: Adult Cinema from the Victorian Age to the VCR was published in 2007 by ECW Press. In March 2018, he published the book The Incomplete Angler - Ten Years of Fruits de Mer, which chronicles the first ten years of British psychedelic folk record label Fruits de Mer Records, along with an extensive discography of the company's output.{{Cite web |last=Rathbone |first=Oregano |date=April 23, 2018 |title=The Incomplete Angler: Ten Years Of Fruits De Mer |url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/book/incomplete-angler-ten-years-fruits-de-mer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128093509/https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/book/incomplete-angler-ten-years-fruits-de-mer |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |access-date=January 28, 2023 |website=Record Collector |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Thompson |first=Dave |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mcVSDwAAQBAJ&q=%22fruits+de+mer+records%22+++%22krautrock%22&pg=PA10 |title=The Incomplete Angler - Ten Years of Fruits de Mer |date=March 2, 2018 |publisher=Lulu |isbn=978-1-387-53754-9 |edition=standard |location=United Kingdom |language=en}}
References
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External links
- [http://davethompsonbooks.wordpress.com/ "It's Not Only Rock'n'Roll"] (Dave Thompson Books)
- [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/33047.Dave_Thompson Dave Thompson profile at Goodreads]
- [http://www.cgpublishing.com/Author_Bios/dave_thompson.html Biography at CG Publishing]
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Category:British film historians
Category:English male non-fiction writers
Category:English music journalists
Category:English sportswriters
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