Peter Stanfield
@peterstanfield.bsky.social
Author of “Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood & Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys”; “Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation Rock n Roll”, etc. linktr.ee/peterstanfield
Here we go, a new essential collection of Nik Cohn’s non-fiction, which, hurrah, includes “Rebecca and the Teendreams” that was given its only public airing in Cream (October 1972). Published by Ze Books, Corner Boy hits the stores in October #nikcohn #zebooks #cornerboy
THEM on Thank Your Lucky Stars. This and a few other choice cuts from the tv programme's 1965 annual have been posted on my blog this morning, inc. Pretty Things and Fairies www.peterstanfield.com/blog #them #vanmorrison #thankyourluckystars
Ephemeral, marginal and of no intrinsic value whatsoever, my latest blog post. This one is on Metallic KO's UK release www.peterstanfield.com/blog
2+3+4+1+3 = the formula for the big sound used by who? Back page ad Music Maker (September 1966) #keithmoon #thewho #premieredrums
"Death Trip: Iggy and the Stooges 1972-74" (Reaktion Books), the second volume of Michael S. Begnal’s study of the band, is now available If you want to know why the Stooges mattered, and still matter, then this is your tour guide of choice. Outstanding @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
New blog post on Dave Twist’s utterly splendid third-generation rock n’ roll primer. Welcome to the teenage wasteland: www.peterstanfield.com/blog
My 16 page story of the Flamin’ Groovies’ 1972 sojourn in Britain has now made it across the Atlantic. One of Ugly Things best issues, packed with goodness
New ‘Thick Ear’ film noir Blu-ray from @indicator.bsky.social. Very pleased to have provided the notes for William Castle’s neat little thriller, Undertow #filmnoir
Ugly Things magazine has interviewed Peter Stanfield about his book, The Yardbirds. Get the podcast on your usual podcast app, or on Spotify, right here: 🔉 buff.ly/9RJ306n
Michael S. Begnal's excellent book 'Death Trip: Iggy and the Stooges 1972-74', which I commissioned and edited for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social coming in May. Thanks to @jonsavage.bsky.social and @peterstanfield.bsky.social for the enthusiastic endorsements.
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THE YARDBIRDS: Peter Stanfield interview
Podcast Episode · Ugly Things · March 16 · 1h 32m
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An addition to an earlier blog post on the Yardbirds at the Crawdaddy . . . Gary Farr and the T-Bones from JazzBeat (September 1964) www.peterstanfield.com/blog/tag/Cra... #yardbirds #garyfarrandthetbones #garyfarr #crawdaddyclub
New blog post on the Yardbirds’ extracurricular activities in 1966 www.peterstanfield.com/blog #yardbirds
This post has made my day @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Caroline Collett Writer@collettwriter.bsky.social · 6mo agoBook 5 / 2026 Pin Ups 1972 - Peter Stanfield Can't recall who first recommended this, but I'd like to thank them, because it's an excellent read. Somehow, the period you were waiting to get on the scene - all anticipation - is almost more nostalgia-inducing than the moment you get out there. cont'd
Will Straw’s 'Nights in Fairyland: Gossip, Blackmail, and the Many Lives of “Broadway Brevities”' (2026) is a neon lit history of New York’s pre-war sensationalist press and the lurid exposé of queer nightspots and lifestyles. Essential @wstraw.bsky.social
The Private Life of Peter Green as serialised in Jackie magazine . . . new blog post – www.peterstanfield.com/blog #petergreen #fleetwoodmac #jackiemagazine
The Who ten-pin bowling club at Piccadilly's Excel lanes in the Summer 1965. Paul Hogarth illustration . . . New post: www.peterstanfield.com/blog #thewho @thewhothismonth.bsky.social
Seen near the U.S. Embassy in London, UK 🇬🇧 (Nonce is UK slang for pedo.)
A new blog post on Brian Hogg's marvellous book, "Low Yo Yo Stuff: Music and Memories a Thousand Times Over". Get a copy for the one you love the most. www.peterstanfield.com/blog
Day 4 of our advent calendar shows how some British pop trailblazers helped to shape rock music ... it's The Yardbirds by Peter Stanfield. #advent #christmas #rockmusic #books #nonfiction #reaktionbooks
Brighton’s Lambrini Girls do an Iggy, Dreamland, Margate’s last night
a recent find among my mum's photos. The scene is the common room, Maria Grey teacher training college, Twickenham, c.1954. Two years later the college's students would be raving on Eel Pie Island just over the bridge
