Rock Critic Anthony DeCurtis on Fans

Studio 360 | Sep 17, 2011

Kurt Andersen and rock music critic Anthony DeCurtis discuss the passions that drive devoted fans.

DeCurtis is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone and host of the online musician interview show, The A-list, at getmusic.com. His Rolling Stone cover subjects include R.E.M., U2, Sting, Janet Jackson, the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant, Garth Brooks, Jerry Garcia, Whitney Houston, Steve Winwood, and Billy Joel. A 1998 Grammy winner for his liner notes for the Eric Clapton box-set Crossroads, DeCurtis is the author of Rocking My Life Away: Writing About Music and Other Matters.

(Originally aired: August 4, 2001)

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