Praise for Clinton Heylin: Heylin is arguably the world's greatest rock biographer' Irish Independent 'For an answer to the question of just exactly what kind of music punk rock was, you'll have to resort to ... From the Velvets to the Voidoids' New York Times Heylin 'sorts the conflicts and conflagrations with a critic's eye and a fan's heart' Lenny Kaye

Clinton Heylin's biography of Bob Dylan (Behind the Shades) is now in its second edition and has been in print in Penguin for fifteen years. His history of early American punk, From the Velvets to the Voidoids, was shortlisted for the prestigious Ralph Eleason award in the States, and has just been reissued. Brought up in Manchester where as a teenager he saw many of the bands covered here. He now lives in Somerset.