Jeff Apter Writer

Jeff Apter
Jeff Apter is one of Australia's foremost writers of non-fiction. In a career spanning more than 20 years he has written seven commercially and critically well-received biographies, and has contributed to such publications as Rolling Stone (where he spent five years as Music Editor), the Sydney Morning Herald, Vogue, GQ and The Bulletin.

His books include studies of the bands Silverchair, the Cure and the Red Hot Chili Peppers and test cricketer Michael Slater.

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	Jeff Buckley My latest biography, A Pure Drop: The Life Of Jeff Buckley, is out now through Omnibus Press. The following is the book's introduction, which spells out how it came together and my motivation for writing the book. Introduction I've written books where the subject has been willing to have their life turned inside out, and other books where the subject has been more elusive than Spiderman. There's a vast difference between someone not wanting to speak in their own defence, and someone not being able to do so, as is the case with Jeff Buckley. more
Book Reviews
A Pure Drop “This candid biography shows his many faces: a gifted impressionist, covers enthusiast, prankster and, most comically, an avid dog stalker . . . We get to see Buckley’s personality crack as relationships strain due to touring Grace (his drinking put him on ‘an emotional asteroid’), although he finds peace again cycling around Memphis shortly before that fateful swim.” Classic Rock 7/10

‘In A Pure Drop: The Life of Jeff Buckley, Australian Jeff Apter explores the nooks and crannies of Buckley's short life, from his California childhood through to his fledgling music career in New York and beyond, and includes a chapter, The Wizard of Oz, that draws on accounts of those who were around him in Australia to paint a picture of a multi-layered personality; a fun-loving, mischievous party animal who was also quiet, introverted, secretive and volatile, and a great musician.’ Iain Shedden The Australian ‘Apter resists mawkishness or sentimentality in this account of Buckley’s life and death, to reveal a difficult — if charismatic — man who doesn’t quite match the idealised image of the gifted lost boy destroyed by fame and family.’ Q more

In Harm's Way
Paperback, 288 pages,
September 2008
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A New Tomorrow -
The Silverchair Story
Paperback, 360 pages,
December 2006 more
Click here to read a Q&A about this book

A Simple Kind Of Life:
Gwen Stefani & No Doubt
Hardcover, 232 pages, July 2007
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Fornication:
The Red Hot Chilli Peppers Hardcover, 360 pages,
July 2004,
Paperback August 2005
Also published in German and Italian more

Never Enough:
The Story Of The Cure
Hardcover, 338 pages, September 2005,
Paperback November 2007
Also published in German, Italian, French, Greek and Polish more

The Dave Grohl Story
Hardcover, 277 pages,
January 2006,
Paperback due April 2008
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Slats: The Michael Slater Story
Published 2005
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