Gene Sculatti

Gene Sculatti has been writing about music and popular culture since 1966, when his 'San Francisco Bay Rock' was the first piece on the city's new music scene to appear in a national publication. A native Californian, Sculatti has written for the Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, USA Today and other publications. He edited the music trade paper Radio & Records, served as Editorial Director of Warner Bros. Records and Director of Special Issues for Billboard magazine. He co-hosted and produced the radio shows 'The Cool and the Crazy' (KCRW-FM, 1982-87) and 'Atomic Cocktail' (LuxuriaMusic.com, 2007- , as DJ 'Vic Tripp'). More at www.genesculatti.com. His most recent book, Tryin' to Tell a Stranger 'Bout Rock and Roll: Selected Writings 1966-2016, covers such subjects as San Francisco in the 60s, John Lennon, the Beach Boys, Captain Beefheart, the Ramones, Sonics, fake Dylans and faux Springsteens, girl groups, LA punk, bubblegum music, and Walker Texas Ranger. Follow him on Facebook, where he semi-regularly pops off on various subjects.