Mike Stax: Editor of the highly respected '60s/'70s music magazine, Ugly Things. He has written liner notes for hundreds of reissues, and contributing to other publications, including the Oxford American and Shindig, and has also co-authored two books, Don't Bring Me Down...Under (with Andy Neil and John Baker) and Like, Misunderstood (with Rick Brown).
Since 1983 UGLY THINGS magazine has brought its readers
unparalleled coverage of WILD SOUNDS FROM PAST DIMENSIONS: the best
lost, unknown and overlooked music of the 1960s and beyond.
Published three times a year, each issues features 160-200 pages of
in-depth features, exclusive interviews, rare photos and more, as
well as a massive review section sifting through hundreds of vinyl
and CD reissues, music-related books and DVDs. UGLY THINGS is not a
hobbyist publication for trainspotting elitists, it is a high
energy rock & roll fanzine about the music and the stories of the
people that made it happen.
UT RECORDS was started as a sideline to the magazine, presenting
high quality vinyl and CD releases of rare and previously
unreleased garage, beat and psychedelia from the 1960s.
To complete Swim Through the Darkness, Mike Stax spent fifteen
years tracking people down for interviews, and he was able to get
information from what seems like practically ALL of
Smith/Maitreya's past associates (a notable exception being Mike
Love). The amount of detail presented is amazing, impressively
reconciling lore with reality through eyewitness
testimony."--Dangerous Minds
To complete Swim Through the Darkness, Mike Stax spent fifteen
years tracking people down for interviews, and he was able to get
information from what seems like practically ALL of
Smith/Maitreya's past associates (a notable exception being Mike
Love). The amount of detail presented is amazing, impressively
reconciling lore with reality through eyewitness
testimony."--Dangerous Minds
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