Lisa Robinson

For the Canadian medical researcher, see Lisa Robinson (scientist).

Lisa Robinson is an American journalist and writer. She was born and raised on the Upper West Side[1] of Manhattan[2] and attended The Bronx High School of Science and Syracuse University.[1] She was married to the late [1] music producer and radio host Richard Robinson.[3][4] She is the author of Nobody Ever Asked Me About the Girls, a discussion of the rock and roll women she interviewed, and a memoir There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll about her life as a music journalist.[3] She also wrote the novel Walk on Glass.[3][5][6] She is a contributing editor for Vanity Fair and is the former editor of Rock Scene.[3] She has also written music criticism for the New York Post.[3]

Journalism[edit]

She began her journalism career, in 1969, at the suggestion of her husband who asked her to take over a column he wrote for a British paper.[3][7] Robinson went on to write for a variety of publications, including Creem, Rock Video, the New York Post, and the New Musical Express.[3][8] She covered various popular artists and bands, including The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, John Lennon, Queen, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, U2, David Bowie, Chrissie Hynde, The Clash, The Cure, The Who, and Patti Smith.[3][7][9] She hosted the USA Network's Radio 1990 series[10] and conducted a rare televised interview with Freddie Mercury in 1984.[11]

She frequently covered acts playing at CBGB in the 1970s.[7] While she toured with The Rolling Stones in 1975 she also acted as their press liaison.[3][12]

Works[edit]

  • Walk on Glass (1982). ISBN 9780517479025
  • There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll (2014). ISBN 9781594487149
  • Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls: Women, Music and Fame (2020). ISBN 9781627794909

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Goodman, Wendy (16 February 2021). "An Upper East Side Apartment Full of Rock-and-Roll Memories". Curbed. New York Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Lisa Robinson On: My Life in Rock & Roll". Tory Daily. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography In Context. Gale. 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  4. ^ Unterberger, Richie. "Richard Robinson". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
  5. ^ Watkins, Mel (22 August 1982). "Fiction in Brief : WALK ON GLASS by Lisa Robinson". The New York Times.
  6. ^ "Walk on Glass by Lisa Robinson". The Sleaze Factor. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  7. ^ a b c Staff, N. P. R. "How A Music Writer Learned Trust Is The Ultimate Backstage Pass". NPR.org. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  8. ^ "Legendary Rock Journalist Lisa Robinson Opens Up About Her New Book". W Magazine. 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
  9. ^ "ARTICLE ABOUT QUEEN FROM NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, FEBRUARY 14, 1976". NME. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Lisa Robinson". Vanity Fair. 5 March 2007. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Freddie Mercury's 5 Sassiest Moments". Billboard. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
  12. ^ Garner, Dwight (2014-04-29). "Lisa Robinson's Rock 'n' Roll Life in 'There Goes Gravity'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2015-12-26.


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