Adam Parker Block (February 7, 1951 – January 27, 2008) was a

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-based writer and music critic for ''

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'', for which he wrote a regular column entitled ''Block on Rock''. He interviewed numerous pop stars as well as lesser known music artists, helping to raise awareness of the emerging

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movement. He died of pulmonary illness due to

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on January 27, 2008, aged 56, in San Francisco, California.

References

External links

Adam Block Memorial''Confessions of a Gay Rocker''
by Adam Block

by Adam Block

{{DEFAULTSORT:Block, Adam 1951 births 2008 deaths AIDS-related deaths in California American music critics American gay writers 20th-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century American LGBTQ people