Sylvie simmons biography

Music journalist

Sylvie Simmons is a London-born, California-based music journalist, named as a "principal player" in Paul Gorman's book on the history of the rock music press In Their Own Write (Sanctuary Publishing, ).

A widely regarded writer and rock historian since the late s, she is one of the few women to be included among the predominantly male rock elite. Simmons is the author of a number of books, including biography and cult fiction.

Simmons is also a singer-songwriter, ukulele player and recording artist.^[1]

Biography

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In Simmons decamped to Los Angeles and became US correspondent for Sounds, one of the four major UK rock music weeklies of the period.

Sylvie simmons biography

She wrote interviews, reviews and a weekly column, 'Hollywood Highs'. One of her earliest assignments was being sent on the road with Black Sabbath. During her first years in L.A, among the hundreds of artists she interviewed were AC/DC, Rod Stewart, The Clash, Sex Pistols, Bruce S