Mark Beech

Non-Fiction Author

Birthday May 12, 1959

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Birmingham, England

DEATH DATE Apr 27, 2020 (60)

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About

Author and rock critic/broadcaster who authored the rock music origin books The A-Z of Names in Rock, The Dictionary of Rock and Pop Names and All You Need Is Rock: A Decade of Music Writing. He was the editor of DANTE magazine.

Before Fame

With a Kitchener Scholarship in hand, he graduated from St Catherine's College, Oxford with a Master of Arts in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. He was a newspaper reporter to kick off his career.

Trivia

He was a rock critic for Bloomberg Muse of the Bloomberg News. He was one of the first journalists to publish a review of the 2007 Led Zeppelin reunion concert.

Family Life

He was born in Birmingham, England.

Associated With

He interviewed legends of rock music such as Sting and Steve Miller.