David Fricke

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David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine, where he writes predominantly on rock music. In the 1990s, he was Managing Editor[1] before stepping down.

[edit] Background

David Fricke is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Before joining Rolling Stone, where he is now senior editor, he wrote for Circus. Even when Rolling Stone today has been criticised for selling out, many still regard him as one of the best music critics alive today. His latest profile for RS was an exclusive profile of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers for their album Stadium Arcadium.

Fricke appeared in the Wilco documentary, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. In a comment about the way American culture expects things to be done immediately, he says: "You have people outside, standing around, talking on cell phones, you know--the gist of the conversation is 'I'll be there in five minutes. Who gives a fuck?! Just be there in five minutes, don't talk about it."

Fricke's interviews with Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love for Rolling Stone, prior to Cobain's death, were widely cited. In one, Love spoke of an unrecorded song that Cobain wrote prior to his suicide titled "Me and My IV," which was recorded to "Do, Re, Me."

Fricke wrote the Pink Floyd cover story detailing the then feud of Roger Waters and David Gilmour. He also appeared on the Classic Albums documentary on the making of Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.

Fricke today writes the Fricke's Picks column in the Rolling Stone record review section.