Medical Grade Music
{{short description|2021 autobiographical book by Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi}}
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| author = Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| genre = Autobiography
| published = 2021 (Orion){{Cite book|title=Medical Grade Music by Steve Davis|url=https://www.booktopia.com.au/medical-grade-music-steve-davis/book/9781474619493.html|access-date=14 October 2021|website=Booktopia}}
| media_type = Print
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| isbn = 9781474619509
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Medical Grade Music (2021) is an autobiographical book written by former English snooker player Steve Davis and Iranian-born musician Kavus Torabi.{{Cite web |last=Smith |first=Aidan |date=4 April 2021 |title=Steve Davis: From snooker to DJ to having his own prog rock band. Interesting! |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/sport-opinion/steve-davis-from-snooker-to-dj-to-having-his-own-prog-rock-band-interesting-3188812 |access-date=23 November 2022 |website=The Scotsman}} It focuses on the duo's shared affinity for psychedelic and progressive music.{{Cite web|title=Medical Grade Music by Steve Davis|url=https://www.whiterabbitbooks.co.uk/titles/steve-davis/medical-grade-music/9781474619509/|access-date=14 October 2021|website=White Rabbit}}{{Cite web|last=Sawyer|first=Miranda|date=4 April 2021|title=Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi: 'Can you spot which of us is the rock star?'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/04/steve-davis-and-kavus-torabi-medical-grade-music-utopia-strong-interview|access-date=14 October 2021|website=The Guardian}} It also serves as a tribute to the late radio presenter John Peel.{{Cite web|date=22 October 2020|title=Medical Grade Music – Steve Davis & Kavus Torabi|url=https://www.thesocial.com/medical-grade-music-steve-davis-kavus-torabi/|access-date=14 October 2021|website=The Social}}
Critical reception
The book received mostly positive reviews.{{Cite web|title=Customer reviews: Medical Grade Music|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/1474619495/|access-date=14 October 2021|website=Amazon}}{{Cite web|title=Medical Grade Music by Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57755499-medical-grade-music#other_reviews|access-date=14 October 2021|website=Goodreads}} Paul Stevens of Louder Than War called the book "a great primer on music that falls outside of the Great Punk Rock War narrative and reveals a golden musical seam among the greatcoats, gloom and grease of the early 1970s" and complimented the contrast of Davis and Torabi's perspectives.{{Cite web|last=Stevens|first=Paul|date=20 May 2021|title=Steve Davis and Kavus Torabi: Medical Grade Music – book review|url=https://louderthanwar.com/steve-davis-and-kavus-torabi-medical-grade-music-book-review/|access-date=14 October 2021|website=Louder Than War}}
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Category:2021 non-fiction books
Category:Music autobiographies
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