Gillian G. Gaar
Gillian G. Gaar is the author of She's A Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll (Seal Press 1992; Seal Press/Avalon 2002); Green Day: Rebels With A Cause (Omnibus, 2006); In Utero (Continuum, 2006); and The Rough Guide To Nirvana (Rough Guide, 2009); Return Of The King: Elvis Presley’s Great Comeback (Jawbone Press, 2011), Treasures of Nirvana (Carlton Books, 2011). Entertain Us: The Rise of Nirvana (Jawbone Press, 2012). Green Day Treasures (Carlton Books, 2012). Elvis Remembered (Carlton Books, 2012). 100 Things Beatles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die (Triumph, 2013).
Some of the anthologies she has contributed to include Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book Of Women In Rock; The Nirvana Companion: Two Decades of Commentary; Goldmine: The Beatles Digest (1st and 2nd editions); The Best of the Beatles Book; and Music: The Little Black Book.
Gillian has written liner notes for releases by Nirvana, Laurie Anderson, Judy Collins, and Heart, among others. She has also written for Mojo, Rolling Stone, Record Collector, Goldmine, and the Experience Music Project museum, among others. She was project consultant for Nirvana’s 2004 box set, With The Lights Out.
22 articles
List of articles in the library
Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, August 1984
"UNTIL RECENTLY, we never played more than one show a month, and maybe not even one for three or four months," says Tom Price, guitarist ...
Upchuck: Charles "Upchuck" Garrish: One Man's Battle
Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, October 1988
AIDS AND THE MUSICIAN BY GILLIAN G . GAAR ...
Michelle Shocked: Short Sharp Shocked (Mercury Records)
Review by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, October 1988
MICHELLE SHOCKED is the latest example of this year's primary trend (three or more of anything in the music business constitutes a trend): the female ...
Review by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, December 1988
DOCUMENT: State of the NW scene ...
Diamanda Galás: Apocalypse Now
Profile and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, The Rocket, October 1993
THE WITCH has long symbolized the end result of female power left unchecked, a power that can grow into a rage capable of challenging, and ...
Laurie Anderson: The Nerve Of Her
Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 16 June 1994
THE GENERAL PUBLIC MAY HAVE heard little from performance artist Laurie Anderson in recent years. But that's certain to change in 1994, a hectic year ...
Paul McCartney: Strawberries Oceans Ships Forest and Come Together: Motown Sings The Beatles
Review by Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 30 June 1994
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, Paul McCartney has occasionally ventured into atypical musical genres anonymously or under an assumed name. In 1974, under the guise of the ...
Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 25 November 1994
ON DECEMBER 27, 1960, the Beatles appeared at the Litherland Town Hall Ballroom in Liverpool in a performance widely regarded as being a turning point ...
Report by Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 23 February 1995
"HEY... AM I on?" were the uncertain first words delivered by Pearl Jam singer-cum-DJ Eddie Vedder at the start of the band's latest frolic on ...
Simple Minds: Moore Theater, Seattle
Live Review by Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 23 March 1995
IT COULD be coincidence that Simple Minds kicked off their first tour in three years in Seattle. Given the band's unveiling of a rougher-edged, guitar-based ...
The Prodigy: Prodigy: End Fest, Bremberton, Washington
Live Review by Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 19 September 1996
ON THE one hand, it was hard to see why Prodigy were chosen to close End Fest; the annual daylong outdoor music festival is usually ...
Foo Fighters, Nirvana: Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana
Special Feature by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 14 February 1997
NEARLY THREE years after Kurt Cobain's death in April 1994, interest in his group, Nirvana, remains strong. ...
Fanny: First Time In A Long Time – The Reprise Records
Review by Gillian G. Gaar, MOJO, January 2003
First time on CD for all four studio albums in a set that finally heeds David Bowie's cry: "Revivify Fanny! And I will feel that ...
Review by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 9 January 2004
THE UNDERLYING theme of 2nd To None, the 'sequel' to 2002's wildly successful 30 #1 Hits, is a bit hard to pin down. #1 Hits ...
Elvis Presley: How 1968 Bought Elvis a King Sized Comeback
Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 9 January 2004
AS 1968 BEGAN, Elvis Presley's career was in trouble, the result of too many formulaic films and equally uninspired soundtracks. But by the year's end, ...
Nirvana's 'You Know You're Right'
Retrospective by Gillian G. Gaar, MOJO, May 2004
ON SATURDAY, September 21, 2002, Nirvana's 'You Know You're Right' was leaked on the internet. ...
Nirvana: Good Riffs, Good Drumming, Great Screaming!
Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, MOJO, January 2005
Good Riffs, Good Drumming, Great Screaming!... that's how producer Jack Endino recalls Nirvana's first proper studio stint. Three hours and 10 songs later, Kurt Cobain ...
Tommy James & the Shondells: Tommy James
Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 16 March 2007
TOMMY JAMES' first job in show business was as child model, when he appeared in an ad in Life magazine in 1951, dressed as a ...
Blue Oyster Cult: Don't Fear the Blue Oyster Cult
Retrospective and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 14 September 2007
IN THE SUMMER of 1977, Blue Oyster Cult found themselves in one of the trickiest situations for a rock band: recording the follow-up to a ...
The Doors, Ray Manzarek: Ray Manzarek on the Doors' 1970 Boston concerts
Report and Interview by Gillian G. Gaar, Goldmine, 21 December 2007
ON FRIDAY, April 10, 1970, The Doors were scheduled for two shows at the Boston Arena. The 7 p.m. show was respectable enough, beginning with ...
Live Review by Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 16 September 2009
Pink's High-Flying Funhouse Spectacle Debuts in Seattle ...
Kate Bush: The Continuing Allure of Kate Bush
Comment by Gillian G. Gaar, Wondering Sound, 26 September 2014
IMMIGRATION AGENTS aren't known for their friendliness. But when my plane touched down at Heathrow Airport in early September, I felt I had a pretty ...
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