John Hugen Tobler (born 9 May 1943) is a British
rock music
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journalist
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, writer, occasional broadcaster, and record company executive.
With
Pete Frame
Peter Frame (born 10 November 1942 in Luton, Bedfordshire, England) is an English music journalist and historian of rock music.
He has produced outlines of the history of rock bands for various magazines, such as ''Sounds'', ''NME'', ''Melody Mak ...
, he was one of the founders of
ZigZag magazine in April 1969. The magazine focused on the "
underground" music scene of the time and featured Tobler's interviews with many of the leading rock and folk musicians of the period, both American and British. He continued to write for ZigZag until the 1980s, and for many other music magazines since then.
His books include ''25 Years of Rock'' (1980, with Pete Frame), ''The Record Producers'' (1982, with Stuart Grundy), ''MTV Music Television: Who's Who in Rock Video'' (1984), ''The Buddy Holly Story'' (1989), ''The Rock Lists Album'' (1989, with Alan Jones), ''Who's Who in Rock and Roll'' (1991), ''100 Great Albums of the Sixties'' (1994), and ''Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys: A Complete Guide'' (2004). He has also written innumerable liner notes for record reissues and compilations.
He currently runs the Road Goes On Forever (RGF) record label, based in
Washington, Tyne and Wear
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It is located between Ches ...
,
England
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.
External links
Road Goes On Forever
English music critics
English music journalists
1943 births
Living people
English male non-fiction writers
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