Tim Sommer

A native of Long Island, New York, Tim Sommer has earned fame in a variety of media. In addition to journalism, he has been a New York radio DJ, a club DJ, a newswriter and on-air personality for MTV and VH1, the founder and bassist in two art-rock bands (Hugo Largo and HiFi Sky), a member of the Glenn Branca Ensemble, a record producer and an executive at Atlantic Records, where the bands he discovered and signed included Hootie & the Blowfish and Public Image Ltd. His first book, Only Wanna Be With You: The Inside Story of Hootie & the Blowfish, was published by University of South Carolina Press in 2022.