Nick Tosches

He made some of the greatest music that has ever been made; if any one man is to be given credit for siring rock 'n' roll, it is he

Originally published: August 18, 1992

“A battle was fought and the good guys won, it’s as simple as that. The effects of the victory are many and glorious.”

Originally published: May 31, 1976

Jerry Lee Lewis is damned, says his cousin Jimmy Lee Swaggart, and so are the profane Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. O Jesus help us, the demons are everywhere — in the IRS and in the PTL, in the computer and in our crotches, and most certainly in the hellfire of rock ’n’ roll. Let us pray.

May 12, 1987