Crime of the Century: Coverage Roundup Summer 2024

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Hello and welcome to another book update and coverage roundup for my book Crime of the Century: Classic Rock & True Crime. In this post, I’ll be sharing reviews for my book, interview clips, and posting a couple quotes from them. I’ll also post a list of future events (some more events should be coming soon so watch this space and make sure to follow me on social media for all the latest).

Reviews

Since the last coverage roundup I’ve gotten a few more good reviews. Let’s share them here!

Here’s a five star review from my friend Paul who posted his review on Amazon:

“I love classic rock. I find the true crime genre fascinating. For me, this book is the best of both worlds. Angie Moon poured her heart and soul into this book. Her passion shines through on every page. I was familiar with a few of the cases and connections but Angieā€™s work blew my mind and introduced so many connections that I had no idea about. Highly recommended.”

Here’s a five star review from my friend Lynn:

“If you love classic rock or just rock in general and true crime stories then this book is for you. What I really love about this book is that 1.) it doesnā€™t just focus on one period of classic rock as it covers the 1950s/1960s till the early 1980s and 2.) Angie covers a lot of bases that I didnā€™t expect her too. The one example I have of this is with the first story. Itā€™ll always stick with me due to how in depth she goes into the JFK assassination. It was something wasnā€™t expecting and appreciate that. I promise that you will not be disappointed by this.”

If you loved my book, please leave a review on Amazon, especially if you’ve bought it from there because it shows up as a verified purchase. This would really help me out a lot as an author. Thank you!

Here are a couple of five star reviews from my Goodreads page:

From Grant:

“A nice compendium of some of the darker side stories in rock and roll history. The book offers a fascinating insight into the lesser known moments of artists that everyone knows. Moon’s conversational tone makes the book a breezy and enjoyable read. A solid book all around.”

From Ameesha:

“As a rock music fan with an interest in crime documentaries, I was delighted to come across ā€œCrime of the Centuryā€, which is a unique book that reveals the surprisingly many connections between classic rock artists and murderers. It features a lot of big names from music, like Debbie Harry and The Kinks, plus big names from the crime scene like Charles Manson and Ted Bundy. The level of detail and research put into this book is phenomenal! For music and true crime fans, this is a must-read book.”

Classic rock blogger Lana Teramae wrote a really in depth review on her blog. Here is a quote from it:

“Crime of the Century is a true crime / classic rock book written by music enthusiast Angie Moon. The author goes into gigantic details about how classic rock and true crime are connected to each other.”

Interviews: Grab A Stack of Rock

I’ve done a few interviews for my book and they were a lot of fun.

I went on Mike Ladano and Jex Russell’s podcast Grab A Stack of Rock to talk about my book. I’ve known Mike from the WordPress classic rock community for almost a decade now and he’s been a longtime supporter and fan of the blog so it was really cool to meet other bloggers. You can find his blog here. You can find Jex’s blog here. The accompanying blog post is here.

Here’s a couple of quotes from the interview:

On where my love of classic rock comes from:

“Austin Powers of all places! When I was 14 years old. So this is some lore that is actually on my blog. So if you search for Austin Powers on my blog, it’s there, the whole story is there. Basically I was bored one day. I was living in a small town in Florida going to secondary school there and I was just bored and I was like, okay let’s watch a comedy movie because I really like comedy movies. And I was like, Austin Powers, never seen that one before let’s watch it! Holy crap that movie just made me fall in love with the 60s because of the aesthetic. All of the clothes and stuff like that and I wanted to dress like Austin Powers.”

On the beginnings of The Diversity of Classic Rock:

“I started [The Diversity of Classic Rock] because I wanted this guide for classic rock that I’ve wanted to have since I was a teenager. So when I was 14-15 years old I couldn’t find an approachable guide to classic rock like The Diversity of Classic Rock and [Crime of the Century]. Okay, so I’m gonna start it myself. And it all started when I was doing radio in Chicago, so I was going to university there and I was a DJ actually on the radio. I had my own show and I made it very heavily classic rock focused, but the programme director there was not happy with that. He was not having it because he was like ‘this is not diverse enough!’ ‘this is a bunch of straight white men’ and I was like, that’s not true at all and I made lists of all the LGBT musicians, all the black musicians, Asian musicians, Hispanic musicians, Native American musicians, every background that you could find. I was like, I’m gonna show them that it is more diverse than you think in both the people who make it, but not just that, the sound as well.”

Interviews: Earnest Prattle

When I went to see The Routes and Keeley, I met a podcaster named Paul Wardle and I appeared on his podcast Earnest Prattle. I love making friends and meeting people at concerts! If you see me at a gig, don’t be shy, say hello! This interview is a good bit shorter, but there’s some good quotes, soundbites, and conversation.

On personal style:

“My biggest style influences are 60s dandies and classic rockers as well as pin-up sort of icons as well. So it’s kind of a mix between them. So I would say if I could describe it as two different people on each side, I would say my biggest style influences on the dandy side are Dave Davies and Brian Jones and on the pin-up side I would say probably Violet Chachki, like Dita Von Teese, that sort of thing.”

On the length of the book:

“In total there’s over 100,000 words in this book so that’s longer than my husband’s PhD thesis. So it’s insane how much I wrote and put in there. And I really didn’t want to leave anything out so it’s extremely long. I think that’s probably the biggest complaint I get about the book is how complete it is.”

Where I’ll be next/In Person Events

This weekend I’ll be doing two events: One in Birmingham and one in Kenilworth. My friend Janique James has kindly let me set up a table at her EP launch at RMBL. You can buy tickets here.

I’ll also be at Kenilworth Books doing a book signing:

To reiterate from the last book news update, here is the list of events I’ll be at:

There might be a couple more in-person events in the works, just watch this space and make sure to follow me on social media (all links in the social media menu or linked below)!

Stock update: I have around 40 or so books at my house. With all of these in person events, I may end up selling out of books early so if you want a signed copy, don’t delay! If I sell out, I’ll be ordering more books from the warehouse, but after that, I will not be stocking any more books. I’m not saying this to give you FOMO, but once they’re gone, they’re gone! Of course, you can always purchase the ebook, either through me directly (it’s pay what you can, donate Ā£1 or more to me and I’ll send you an ebook) or if you prefer to buy through Amazon, Google Play, or Apple Books, you can buy the book there for full price: Ā£6.99/ā‚¬7.99/$8.99.

Hope you enjoyed the interviews and I hope to see you at an in-person event! I love saying hello to readers and getting to know you!

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