Tony Fletcher

Tony Fletcher is the author of a dozen books, including best-selling biographies of Keith Moon, the Smiths and R.E.M., two memoirs, a novel and more. As a London teenager, he started a fanzine called Jamming! in 1977, followed by a record label of the same name. He moved to New York City in the late 1980s, and to the Hudson Valley in 2005. Fletcher has played in bands, promoted concerts, DJed, written for numerous publications, hosted podcasts and appeared on and/or produced TV and radio shows. The father of two adult sons, his hobbies include running mountains, from the Catskills to the Himalaya and any points in-between. He writes twice weekly at tonyfletcher.substack.com and makes music with the Dear Boys and Hudson Palace.