Gary graff music critic salary

After graduating from the University of Missouri in 1982 where he was president of the Journalism Students Association, Graff worked 13 years.

Gary Graff first earned his reputation in the mid '80s as the in-house music critic for the Detroit Free Press, a stint that terminated a decade later.

Gary Graff is an award-winning music journalist based in metro Detroit.

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Losin’ His Mind in Detroit Rock City: Gary Graff

By Steven Ward (January 2002)

Gary Graff first earned his reputation in the mid ’80s as the in-house music critic for the Detroit Free Press, a stint that terminated a decade later after he refused to cross a picket line. Since then, Graff has freelanced for a variety of sources, including the New York Times Features Syndicate, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Reuters wire service, Revolver, and Guitar World, where he pens a great column called ‘On the Record.’ That column is particularly worth noting because rock critics supposedly don’t belong in the pages of technical ‘zines like GW. But as Graff himself explains, “[Guitar World] does an intriguing job of straddling the line between being a player’s journal and a general music mag, and I think both parties are more the better for it.”

Graff is also the founding editor of MusicHound Rock, which is accurately sub

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Gary Graff

Gary Graff is an award-winning music journalist based in metro Detroit. In addition to Loudwire, he contributes regularly to Billboard, Ultimate Classic Rock, Media News Group, the Cleveland Plain-Dealer/Cleveland.com, Consequence, Music Connection, VenuesNow, United Stations Radio Networks and others. He reports every Friday on music news with Bob & Brian in the Morning on WHQG-FM in Milwaukee and periodically with the Drew & Mike podcast out of Detroit. He is the co-founder and co-producer of the Emmy Award-winning Detroit Music Awards. He was the founding editor of the MusicHound Essential Album Guide series and has co-written and edited books about Neil Young, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Rock & Roll Myths and, forthcoming, Alice Cooper.

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‘We Didn’t Have a Clue’: How Lollapalooza Went From Pipe Dream to Reality (Book Excerpt)

Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival is an upcoming oral history about the Lollapalooza festival, from its genesis as a farewell tour for Jane’s Addiction in 1991 to becoming a counterculture touchstone by the end of the decade. The book comes out March 25 on St. Martin’s Press. Written bygd veteran music journalists Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour, it includes interviews with more than 200 people, including the fest’s organizers, bands, scen crews, promoters and more.

Excerpted from LOLLAPALOOZA: The Uncensored Story of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival by Richard Bienstock and Tom Beaujour © 2025 by the authors and reprinted bygd permission of St. Martin’s Press.

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