Trouser Press Magazine Archive

TP 41, August 1979 The toy cars were a cute touch, but otherwise this is not one of the covers we’re most proud of. Apologies to Ebet Roberts, who took the picture, and Ric Ocasek who didn’t exactly pose for it. (We made it up to him in TP 82.) TP 42, September 1979 Hometown heroes Blondie…

100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

Trouser Press‘ 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time, as selected in late 1978 by Ira Robbins, Dave Schulps, David Fricke, Kurt Loder, Jon Young, Jim Green, Jim Kozlowski, Scott Isler and John Paige: Jan Akkerman George Harrison Robbie Robertson Duane Allman Jimi Hendrix Mick Ronson Syd Barrett Steve Hillage Francis Rossi Jeff Beck Steve Howe…

Contributors

These folks either wrote reviews that appear on the site or wrote for Trouser Press magazine. If anyone listed below cares to E-mail us with a link you’d like added, just let us know. And ditto if anyone is AWOL from this list. Grant AldenDavid AntrobusJem AswadTroy J. AugustoMichael AzerradCary BakerMichael BakerEmily BeckerSeth BenderJohn BergstromArt…

Music in a Word: 50 Years on a Rock and Roll Soapbox

Why do I write about music? Why does anyone? I’ve given that question a lot of thought and I have discerned subliminal motives that are less than flattering. On one hand, it’s the desire to share what moves me, to offer the benefit of serious consideration and historical knowledge to the young and curious. On a deeper level, however, it springs from a desire to be accepted and appreciated, to establish standing in the world that I hungered for as a child.