Nirvana Biographer Michael Azerrad's New Book Rock Critic Law Chastises Hackneyed Music Writing

Blistering feedback: Our Band Could Be Your Life author Michael Azerrad names and shames 101 music-critic clichés.by Dave SegalOur cliché could be your strife. Dey St./William Morrow
With seething sarcasm, Michael Azerrad has catalogued a plethora of music-critic clichés in Rock Critic Law: 101 Unbreakable Rules for Writing Badly About Music (out October 23 through Dey St., with illustrations by Seattle artist Edwin Fotheringham). One wonders why Azerrad—who's also wri