When music writers rock out

Sometimes it’s not enough to be a music journalist. Sure it’s cool to write album reviews, interview musicians, and go to shows–but there’s something more exhilarating in actually being a participant in rock and roll than just sitting on the sidelines. And there is precedent: artists like the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde, the Pet Shop Boys’ Neil Tennant, and Patti Smith Group guitarist Lenny Kaye were music scribes before they found fame on the stage. (If you&rs