Press

“Bozza avoids an insider’s love-fest. Instead he takes advantage of his unique perspective to paint an informative portrait of a conflicted figure whose influence on American culture goes far beyond his own popularity” - USA Today

“It is time for a thoughtful look at what Eminem’s appeal really signifies and Bozza does a creditable job.”
- The New York Times

“Bozza’s unprecedented access to Mathers then and now has given rise to one of the only fully honest accounts of the now brilliant star.”
- Publishers Weekly

“Brilliantly, Bozza tells the tale of an elusive genius in Whatever You Say I Am, and every white-hot truth is here. This is more than the definitive portrait of Eminem’s emergence and meaning; it’s a manual for loving music and understanding how passion is born.”
- Cameron Crowe, writer-director

“While most scribes, with eyes closed, have long been pushing pens in hot pursuit of international rap phenom Eminem, Anthony Bozza has wisely devoted his time to exploring the trials and tribulations of Detroit native Marshall Mathers III. And he who understands Mathers understands the fabric of American society - beautiful stitches, stains, rips, and all.”
- Sacha Jenkins coauthor of Ego Trip’s Big Book of Racism

“Bozza deserves props for sticking to the critical high road. More than anything else, he makes a compelling case that Eminem is the perfect voice of the post-September 11th generation: jaded but vulnerable, damaged and complicated, desperate to be understood.”
- The Detroit Free Press

“The pages vibrate with Lee’s crazy energy.”
- Entertainment Weekly

“As good as the gold in Goldschlager.”
- Time

“A compelling yet obscene personal treatise on fame and the insanity of our celebrity-crazed culture.”
- The Washington Post

“Deliciously dirty.”
- Glamour

“What a wonderfully modern take on the picaresque...and man is it a wild ride. If 2002’s Motley Crue biog The Dirt was the last word in hot tubs, blow jobs and hairspray, then Tommyland is a much more personal, intimate journey.”
- Time Out

“A rollercoaster read that’s full of fire and fun.”
- The Daily Mirror

“A must-read for any fan of the band from Down Under.”
- The Sacramento Bee

“The definitive story of one of the 80’s most underrated bands.”
- The World

“Everyone who cares about Australian popular music should read this book.”
-The Age

“Most rock biographies are about getting to the Good Part. There’s typically a bit of slogging through the star’s unhappy childhood, the revelation of music’s true power and a hard-fought rise to the top before the litany of debauchery and depravity begins - the part that fans actually want to read....The publication of Slash...presents a a new model for the rock bio: [it] is pretty much all Good Part.”
- The New York Times

“Entertaining and educational...A crash course for aspiring rock gods.”
- Spin

“Wonderfully frank.”
- Entertainment Weekly

“The best glimpse yet into the formation, early years and inner workings of Guns, with the guitarist often functioning as a bemused, albeit heavily intoxicated observer of the craziness.”
- Guitar World

“...the guitarist may have penned the most lurid, filthiest rock memoir ever.”
- Rolling Stone

“Too Fat to Fish manages to be hilarious even while discussing topics as harrowing as a suicide attempt.”
- The Onion

“Compulsively readable...scrappy, funny, tumultuous and profane.”
- Publishers Weekly

“A very funny man.”
- David Letterman

“Tracy Morgan is an extremely funny, naturally gifted comedian who has led a crazy life.”
- The Onion

“Television -- for better or worse -- has been the epochal prism of American Courage, Achievement, Tragedy, Art, and Narcissism. For better or worse, comic actor Tracy Morgan -- a genuine TV star -- has embodied all of those attributes in his surprisingly powerful new memoir, I Am The New Black...his memoir may have the potential of a new sort of literary classic, say Twitter meets Richard Wright's Black Boy, or Dick Gregory's Nigger? I Am The New Black is Manchild In 30 Rock's Promised Land; Claude Brown for the 140-characters-or-less generation.”
- The Huffington Post

“In the trim but meaty 130 pages of "Why AC/DC Matters," longtime rock writer Anthony Bozza makes the case for the Australian band that's been blasting hard rock at high volume since the early 1970s...Bozza maintains that the band has been sorely overlooked, and spends a significant amount of energy arguing against the critical take on AC/DC.”
- The L.A. Times

“AC/DC is not as chronicled as much as one would think, but as the band gradually ages, more tomes on the Aussies is a guarantee. The book in question, Why AC/DC Matters is not your typical wide-ranging biography. Rather, it’s an in-depth look in the band’s enormous influence on hard rock/metal, their musical ethos, and other oddities that might elude the casual listener...Bozza does a fantastic job of breaking down the band’s musical backbone.”
- Blistering.com

“the kind of impassioned art criticism that is normally relegated to websites, fanzines, and independent publishers."
-Slushpile.net

"The book is a hoot, but it’s also more than just that — it seeks to undo decades of nasty criticism by claiming for the band’s musical legacy the highest of honors."
-The Buffalo News

"a special treat for music fans...it's about time the band is given its due.”
- Blogcritics.org

Dream Job: Anthony Bozza