Stephen Davis (music journalist)

Stephen Davis is an American music journalist.

Davis was born in New York City and attended Boston University. He began his career writing for the Boston Phoenix in 1970.^[1] His journalism has appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, the Boston Globe and numerous other newspapers and magazines.^[1]

The negativity and purported inaccuracy of his Led Zeppelin biography, Hammer of the Gods (book), along with other controversial works, earned him the nickname "Stephen Salacious".^[2]

Reggae Bloodlines: In Search of the Music and Culture of Jamaica, with photographs by , Da Capo Press (1977), 1992, ISBN 0-306-80496-4

Reggae International, with photographs of Peter Simon, 1982, R&B Books, USA, 0-394-71313-3

Bob Marley: The Biography, 1983, A Barker, 0-213-16859-6

, Berkley Publishing Group (1985), 1997, ISBN 0-345-33516-3

Hammer of the Gods: "Led Zeppelin" Unauthorised, Macmillan, 2005, 0-330-43859-X

Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac, by , William Morrow & Company, 1990, ISBN 0-688-06647-X

Rolling Stone: A Fable of Gods and Heroes, Random House Trade, 1993, ISBN 0-679-42119-X

, with Levon Helm, Plexus Publishing, 1994, ISBN 0-85965-216-5

Bob Marley: Conquering Lion of Reggae, Plexus Publishing, 1994, 0-85965-222-X

Bob Marley, revised edition, Schenkman Books, 1998, 0-87047-044-2

, with Aerosmith, HarperCollins, 1997, ISBN 0-380-97594-7

Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones, Broadway, USA, 2001, 0-7679-0312-9

Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend, Ebury Press, 2004, 0-09-190041-7

, Gotham Press, 2008, ISBN 978-1-59240-377-6

Introduction of The First Rasta: and the Rise of Rastafarianism, by Helene Lee, Chicago Review Press, 2005, ISBN 1-55652-558-3

LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of , Gotham Books, 2010, ISBN 1-59240-589-4

Please Please Tell Me Now: The Duran Duran Story, Hachette Books, 2021, 978-0-306-84606-9