Paul Trynka

Paul Trynkais a Britishrock journalistand author. He was the editor of the music magazineMojofrom 1999 to 2003, and has also worked as editorial director ofQand editor ofInternational Musician.In 2004, he edited publisherDorling Kindersley's compilation of theMojo Special Limited Editionissues onthe Beatles.He has also written forThe IndependentandClassic Rockmagazine,and contributed articles on music, fashion, design or travel forThe Guardian,ElleandBlueprint,among other publications.Before turning to journalism, he worked as a professional musician with the bandNyam Nyam,recording albums for theBeggars BanquetandFactory Beneluxrecord labels.

Books

Trynka has written or co-written the booksElectric Guitar(1993),Portrait of the Blues(1996) andDenim(2001).In 2005, Trynka publishedIggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed,a biography ofIggy Pop.A review inThe Guardiandescribes the book as "piecing together the chaotic life story of this often unhinged performer in thorough and scrupulously non-judgmental detail".In 2011, he publishedStarman: David Bowie,a biography of English musicianDavid Bowie.Writing inThe New York Times,Dwight Garnerdescribed it as "a better-than-average rock biography, but just barely".

Trynka wroteSympathy for the Devil: The Birth of the Rolling Stones and the Death of Brian Jones,a 2014 biography ofRolling StonesguitaristBrian Jones.The book was published in the United States asBrian Jones: The Making of the Rolling Stones.In his review forThe New York Times,Larry Rohtersaid the book "challenges the standard version of events" by recognising Jones' importance on a par withMick JaggerandKeith Richards,and added: "Though Mr. Trynka sometimes overstates Jones’s long-term cultural impact, his is revisionist history of the best kind – scrupulously researched and cogently argued – and should be unfailingly interesting to any Stones fan."

External links

• Biography on personal website