Michael Di Lauro

Michael Di Lauro didn’t just watch the seventies happen; he heard the feedback. A veteran of the rock and roll trenches, Michael spent his formative years in bands, chasing the jagged brilliance of Jimi Hendrix and the heavy, Hammond-drenched thunder of Deep Purple.

Today, he’s traded the Marshall stacks for the wooden resonance of a double bass, performing in jazz bands where the rhythm is as deep as the history. But the ghosts of the stadium rock era never truly left him. Driven by the progressive complexity of King Crimson and the raw "long slog" of the 1970s touring circuit, he writes with the visceral authority of an author who knows exactly what it feels like to stand under a hot spotlight with a deadline to deliver.

In ROCK KILLS, Michael Di Lauro digs into the crates of musical history to bring Stabb Bell and She Kicks to life. When not writing, you'll often find him jamming in jazz spots where the music's always swinging and the beat building.