Bill Nelson is a guitarist, songwriter and composer who has brought his creative talents to a wide range of recording, cinematic, theatrical and art projects. Between 1974 and 1977, with his band Be Bop Deluxe, he made a series of commercially and critically well-received albums – Axe Victim, Futurama, Sunburst Finish and Drastic Plastic. In the 1980s and 1990s he continued to produce a sequence of eclectic and inventive albums under his own name. In 2004, he issued an autobiographical volume based on his own creative odyssey, Diary of a Hyperdreamer (Pomona, 2004). For more see www.billnelson.com
Bill Nelson
Books
Howl for Now
Howl for Now is a celebration of Allen Ginsberg’s epic protest poem. Contributors include poet David Meltzer, Ginsberg collaborator Steven Taylor, film director Ronald Nameth and rock composer Bill Nelson.
‘Howl for Now adds to our understanding of a great poem, a poem as influential in its own way as ‘The Waste Land’ was on an earlier generation’ – Brian Patten