ADEM TEPEDELEN
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING
AUTHOR
I got my first big break as a rock journalist working for Seattle's Rocket magazine in 1990, just before bands like Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Nirvana blew up and irrevocably changed the face of rock music. My decades of experience interviewing bands and writing features for Rolling Stone, Decibel, Revolver, MOJO and many other publications eventually led to collaborating with iconic, world-renowned musicians to help them tell their stories.
MY CO-CONSPIRATORS
CRITICAL PRAISE
“Credit for the continual attention to threading the story consistently should also go to [Kim] Thayil’s co-author, Adem Tepedelen, for juggling a multitude of facts and information and introducing them in a sequence that’s easy to understand and comprehend.”
“Mud Ride is a roller coaster of a music memoir . . . An insider’s account of the genesis of the Seattle sound and ethos, full of humor, pathos, and the sort of historical nuggets music fans cherish.”
SALON
JONATHAN EVISON, NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR
“Charting Soundgarden’s rise, breakup, and return, A Screaming Life offers a clear-eyed account of a defining band that resists easy nostalgia, emphasizing the fragile, fleeting nature of artistic connection.”
“The euphoric highs and debilitating lows are vividly captured in A Fabulous Disaster, which is flavored with enticing drama, self-deprecating humor and honest, sometimes agonizing reflection.”
BOOKLIST
["A Screaming Life] takes you deep into the depths of the group’s story, with stories both humorous and emotionally hard. [Kim] Thayil’s take on all of it feels brutally honest, but respectfully written.”
GUITAR WORLD
ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK