Mike Edison is a New York-based writer, editor, musician, social critic, and spoken word artist.
20 Facts About Mike Edison
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Mike Edison speaks frequently on free speech, and the American counterculture.
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Mike Edison later attended the New York University Film School, and Columbia University, dropping out of both to pursue a career as a musician and writer.
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Mike Edison earned his first magazine publishing job in 1986, as editor of Wrestling's Main Event, by defeating the incumbent editor in a bloody Loser Leaves Town match.
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Mike Edison was a frequent contributor to Screw magazine, penning chronicles of 42nd Street, then the adult entertainment mecca of New York City.
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In 1998 Mike Edison was named publisher of High Times, and soon after took control of the editorial side of the magazine as well.
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Mike Edison covered the 2003 harassment trial of Screw magazine founding editor and publisher Al Goldstein.
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Mike Edison left Heeb later that year in protest over a cover story on The Passion of the Christ, a rebuttal to the Mel Gibson film.
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In 2003, Mike Edison was named editor-in-chief of Screw, where he began writing 17 years before as a freelancer.
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Mike Edison has contributed to many publications and websites, including Spin, The Daily Beast, Huffington Post, and the New York Press, for whom he covered professional wrestling and classical music.
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Mike Edison has written bios, press releases, and liner notes for numerous bands, including The Stooges, the Ramones, the New York Dolls, Was, Zappa Plays Zappa, and Robert Gordon and Chris Spedding.
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Mike Edison wrote the extensive liner notes for a series of seven deluxe reissues by the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, including the 2010 compilation Dirty Shirt Rock 'n' Roll: The First Ten Years.
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Mike Edison performed the book numerous times on the subsequent book tour with his band the Space Liberation Army.
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Mike Edison brings the stories from his book to life with the performance chops of a seasoned rock'n'roller.
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Mike Edison narrated and co-produced the audiobook for Sympathy with Jesse Cannon, and featured guests include Jon Spencer, Mickey Finn, and Pete Zaramba.
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Mike Edison was the long-time drummer for New York cult-garage band the Raunch Hands as well as being a collaborator of punk rocker GG Allin, with whom he wrote a number of songs and recorded two albums.
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Mike Edison currently leads his own long-running band, the Edison Rocket Train, and is currently collaborating with popular Spanish blues punk group Guadalupe Plata.
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In 1984 Mike Edison joined the Rock Against Reagan Tour, opening shows in San Francisco, Washington, DC, and Dallas for New York hardcore band Reagan Youth.
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Mike Edison joined the Raunch Hands in early 1990 and accompanied them that year on a tour of Japan, later relocating with them to Madrid, Spain.
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Mike Edison has appeared frequently with Lucas's band Gods and Monsters.