David Fricke
| David Fricke | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 4, 1952 United States |
| Alma mater | Muhlenberg College |
| Occupation | Magazine editor, journalist |
David Fricke (born June 4, 1952) is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. His career has spanned over 30 years. In the 1990s, he was the magazine's music editor before stepping down.
Fricke graduated from Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1972. There, he was a student DJ and studied journalism.
His very first concert that he attended was to see Pink Floyd. It was his love for live music that set him on his career path of becoming a music journalist.
Before joining Rolling Stone, where he is now senior editor, he wrote for Circus and Good Times.
His interviews with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love for Rolling Stone, prior to Cobain's death, were widely cited.
He has appeared on the Classic Albums documentaries on the making of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, Cream's Disraeli Gears, Def Leppard's Hysteria, Nirvana's Nevermind, Metallica's Black Album, Peter Gabriel's So, Frank Zappa's Apostrophe and Over-Nite Sensation as well as Rush's Moving Pictures and 2112 albums. Fricke has also appeared on a number of Lou Reed documentaries and in the Wilco documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.
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