14 Facts About Dave Marsh

Dave Marsh was born on March 1,1950 and is an American music critic, author, editor and radio talk show host.

Dave Marsh was an early editor of Creem magazine, has written for various publications such as Newsday, The Village Voice, and Rolling Stone, and has published numerous books about music and musicians, mostly focused on rock music.

Dave Marsh is a committee member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Dave Marsh graduated from Waterford Kettering High School in Waterford, Michigan in 1968.

Dave Marsh began his career as a rock critic and editor at Creem magazine, which he helped start.

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Dave Marsh has at times courted controversy with his style of maintaining selections.

Dave Marsh has edited and contributed to Rock and Roll Confidential, a newsletter about rock music and social issues.

Dave Marsh contributed to the 1994 book Mid-Life Confidential, a book about and by the Rock Bottom Remainders, a rock band composed of American authors.

Dave Marsh has been characterised as a "grumpy rock and roll journalist" due to his acerbic comments on popular musicians whom he dislikes.

Dave Marsh described Bob Seger's 1980 album Against the Wind as "absolutely cowardly".

Also in the 1983 Rolling Stone Record Guide, Dave Marsh described Air Supply as "The most calculated and soulless pseudo-group of its kind, which is saying something".

In 1989, Dave Marsh referred to the Grateful Dead as the "worst band in creation".

Dave Marsh is a co-founder and trustee of the Kristen Ann Carr Fund, created in memory of his step-daughter who died in 1993 from sarcoma, a form of cancer.

Dave Marsh is a member of the National Advisory Board of PROTECT: The National Association to Protect Children.