Alex Ogg is the author (with David Upshal) of The Hip Hop Years: A History of Rap, as well as Standing On The Edge (Radiohead) and Def Jam: The Radical Rise of Russell Simmons And Rick Rubin. In 2006 Alex published his new book about the punk years, No More Heroes, and in 2009 his exhaustive history Independence Days, a complete overview of UK independent record labels from 1976 to 1987, compiled from more than 150 interviews.