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Jeff Apter has been writing professionally for almost 20 years, having spent five years as Music Editor at Australian Rolling Stone. He is a contributor to Vogue and GQ magazines and also writes for The Sydney Morning Herald, The Bulletin and Australian Hi-Fi. His work has been published in numerous newspapers, magazines and websites, while his views on popular culture have been aired on MTV, Channel [v], and many other TV programs, including the upcoming Great Australian Album series. He has also worked on DVDs for the bands Silverchair, You Am I and Powderfinger. While resident in the USA during the late 1990s, he interviewed and wrote about such icons as Aretha Franklin, Robbie Robertson, Patti Smith, Frank Black, Lucinda Williams and many others, filing stories for various newspapers and magazines, plus such on-line sites as Addicted To Noise, Sonic Net and New York Rock.

His first book was the 2003 Silverchair biography Tomorrow Never Knows, which was given a four-star review by Rolling Stone. Fornication: The Red Hot Chili Peppers Story followed in July 2004, while Never Enough: The Story of the Cure was published by Omnibus Press in 2005, a book Spin described as ‘a wry portrait whose edge is as sharp as any Charles Addams’ cartoon.’ The Dave Grohl Story appeared in 2006. Random House published his second Silverchair bio, A New Tomorrow, in December 2006, which received a four-star review in GQ. He also co-wrote the 2005 sporting bestseller, Slats: The Michael Slater Story, which was published by Random House. His work has been translated into German, Italian, Greek, French and Polish. Extracts of his books have appeared in GQ, Who Weekly, The Daily Telegraph, the Courier-Mail, the Newcastle Herald, Rolling Stone and The Herald Sun.

Jeff lives in Sydney with his wife Diana, daughter Elizabeth and a wall-to-wall record collection.

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Ben Folds Five : New Geeks on the Block: Ben Folds Five at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC
Live Review by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, March 1998

Jeff Buckley : A Pure Drop: The Life Of Jeff Buckley
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, Omnibus Press, August 2008

Holly Cole: Westbeth Theater, New York
Live Review by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, February 1998

Cure, The : Hardcore Pornography: The Cure
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, 'Never Enough' (Omnibus Press), 2005

Bob Dylan: University of Hartford Sports Center, Connecticut
Live Review by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, April 1997

Foo Fighters : Scream And Scream Again: Dave Grohl
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, 'The Dave Grohl Story' (Omnibus Press) , 2006

Aretha Franklin: Queen Aretha Holds Court
Report and Interview by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, March 1998

Marilyn Manson at CMJ Musicfest
Live Review by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, October 1997

Nirvana : Scream And Scream Again: Dave Grohl
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, 'The Dave Grohl Story' (Omnibus Press) , 2006

No Doubt:
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, Omnibus Press, 2007

Powderfinger: Band Of The Year
Interview by Jeff Apter, Rolling Stone (Australia), April 2001

Red Hot Chili Peppers, The : Freaky and Stylish: When the Chili Peppers Met Dr. Funkenstein
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, 'Fornication' (Omnibus Press), 2004

Robbie Robertson: Making a Noise
Interview by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, May 1998

Rolling Stones, The : The Rolling Stones: Stones' Last Tour (Before The Next Five)
Report by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, September 1997

Scream And Scream Again: Dave Grohl
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, 'The Dave Grohl Story' (Omnibus Press) , 2006

Silverchair
Book Excerpt by Jeff Apter, A New Tomorrow, 2006

Patti Smith: Return of the Thin White Duchess
Profile and Interview by Jeff Apter, nyrock.com, November 1997

U2 : Interview wth Wim Wenders
Interview by Jeff Apter, Rolling Stone (Australia), November 2000

List of genre pieces

The Difficult Second Album Syndrome
Comment by Jeff Apter, unpublished, Spring 2004

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