John O'Donnell served time as music editor at Rolling Stone
(Australia) and as editor of Juice magazine before crossing
to the dark side in the mid '90s, starting the internationally
successful Murmur label (Silverchair, Something For Kate,
Jebediah). In 2002, he became CEO of EMI Music Australia/NZ. He
jumped ship in 2008 to write this book and pursue other life
adventures, returning to EMI in 2013. His favourite album of all
time changes constantly. This week it is either Tonight's the
Night by Neil Young, Tusk by Fleetwood Mac or Neutral
Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea.
Toby Creswell has been writing about popular culture for 30 years.
After editing the Australian edition of Rolling Stone for 10
years he co-founded the magazine publishing house Terraplanet. He
has written numerous books: 1001 Songs (Hardie Grant),
Love Is in the Air, Notorious Australians, Too
Much Ain't Enough, The Real Thing (with Martin Fabinyi)
and 1001 Australians. He has been involved in writing and
producing documentaries for many years, including The Great
Australian Albums series, the feature-length concert film Cannot
Buy My Soul and a biopic on Johnny O'Keefe, The Wild
One. He was executive producer of the Paul Kelly documentary
Stories of Me. He played the Vox Continental on the seminal
45 'Cool in the Tube'.
Craig Mathieson covers contemporary music and film for The
Age, Sunday Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and
The Sun-Herald. A former editor of Juice magazine,
contributor to London's New Music Express and film critic
for The Bulletin, he has been writing about Australian music
since 1989. His previous books on the subject are Hi Fi
Days, The Sell-In and Playlisted: Everything You Need
to Know About Australian Music Right Now.
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