Giuliano, Geoffrey 1954(?)-

views updated

Giuliano, Geoffrey 1954(?)-

PERSONAL:

Born c. 1954.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Thailand.

CAREER:

Writer. Also appears on Westwood One Radio Network.

WRITINGS:

(With Julia Baird) John Lennon, My Brother (foreword by Paul McCartney), Henry Holt (New York, NY), 1988.

Dark Horse: The Secret Life of George Harrison, Stoddart (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 1989, Dutton (New York, NY), 1990, published as Dark Horse: The Life and Art of George Harrison, updated edition, Da Capo Press (New York, NY), 1997.

The Beatles Album: 30 Years of Music and Memorabilia, Viking Studio Books (New York, NY), 1991.

Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney (introduction by Denny Laine), Dutton (New York, NY), 1991, updated edition, Da Capo Press (New York, NY), 1997.

The Rolling Stones Album: Thirty Years of Music and Memorabilia (collector and consultant, Chris Eborn), Viking Studio Books (New York, NY), 1993.

Rod Stewart: Vagabond Heart, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1994.

(With Brenda Giuliano) The Lost Beatles Interviews (afterword by Dr. Timothy Leary), Dutton (New York, NY), 1994.

(With Brenda Giuliano) The Lost Lennon Interviews, Adams Media (Holbrook, MA), 1996.

Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend, Dutton (New York, NY), 1996, updated edition, Cooper Square Press (New York, NY), 2002.

(With Brenda Giuliano) Things We Said Today: Conversations with the Beatles, Adams Media (Holbrook, MA), 1998.

Two of Us: John Lennon & Paul McCartney behind the Myth, Penguin Studio (New York, NY), 1999.

(With Vrnda Devi) Glass Onion: The Beatles in their Own Words (interviews), Da Capo Press (New York, NY), 1999.

Lennon in America: Based in Part on the Lost Lennon Diaries, 1971-1980, Cooper Square Press (New York, NY), 2000.

(With Avalon Giuliano) Revolver: The Secret History of the Beatles, Blake (New York, NY), 2006.

SOUND RECORDINGS

(Writer and narrator) That Fearful Night: True Stories of Titanic Survivors, in their Own Words (sound recording), Tribute Audio (New York, NY), 1998.

Sinatra, a Tribute (sound recording), Tribute Audio (New York, NY), 1998.

Michael Jordan, an Audio Tribute (sound recording), SpeechWorks (Rolling Bay, WA), 1999.

SIDELIGHTS:

Geoffrey Giuliano has written numerous books about pop culture, with a particular focus on the music industry. His works include several biographies of famous rock musicians, as well as a number of books about the Beatles, both as individuals and as a group, and his biography of singer Paul McCartney, Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney, made the London Sunday Times best-seller list. Giuliano is also a collector of Beatles memorabilia and has expressed interest in opening a Beatles museum in order to share his collection with fans of the group.

In Dark Horse: The Secret Life of George Harrison, Giuliano chronicles Harrison's life, both as a member of the Beatles and as a solo artist. He focuses primarily on the personal aspects of the man's life, including his relationships and spiritual interests, rather than on his music. David Hiltbrand, in a review for People, remarked: "The main deficit here is the music, which is mentioned only glancingly. That's too bad since Harrison fashioned what may be the best post-Beatles albums of the quartet."

Lennon in America: Based in Part on the Lost Lennon Diaries, 1971-1980 looks at the final decade of John Lennon's life, using his own diaries as a primary resource. The book addresses the tales of paranoia and Lennon's various personal habits. A contributor for Publishers Weekly found the work to be a "crude, predictable exhumation." However, in a review for Library Journal, writer Colin Carlson called Giuliano's effort "one of the best, most detailed books available on this subject."

Giuliano's more encompassing book, Revolver: The Secret History of the Beatles, recounts the history of the group from beginning to end, both collectively and as individuals. A contributor for Kirkus Reviews stated that Giuliano "fails to add anything that seasoned Beatles fanatics don't already know." However, David Pitt, writing for Booklist, remarked that "for the average reader, it's an eye-opener."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, October 1, 1994, Mike Tribby, review of Rod Stewart: Vagabond Heart, p. 224; December 1, 1994, Gordon Flagg, review of The Lost Beatles Interviews, p. 648; October 15, 1996, Mark Tribby, review of Behind Blue Eyes: The Life of Pete Townshend, p. 395; October 1, 2006, David Pitt, review of Revolver: The Secret History of the Beatles, p. 15.

Entertainment Weekly, March 26, 1993, review of The Rolling Stones Album: Thirty Years of Music and Memorabilia, p. 75.

Kirkus Reviews, September 15, 2006, review of Revolver, p. 938.

Library Journal, November 1, 1997, Michael Rogers, Blackbird: The Life and Times of Paul McCartney, p. 121; July, 2000, Colin Carlson, review of Lennon in America: Based in Part on the Lost Lennon Diaries, 1971-1980, p. 96.

People, June 18, 1990, David Hiltbrand, review of Dark Horse: The Secret Life of George Harrison, p. 24.

Publishers Weekly, March 9, 1990, Genevieve Stuttaford, review of Dark Horse, p. 56; August 30, 1991, review of Blackbird, p. 76; October 3, 1994, review of Dark Horse, p. 36; November 7, 1994, review of The Lost Beatles Interviews, p. 61; October 28, 1996, review of Behind Blue Eyes, p. 68; May 1, 2000, review of Lennon in America, p. 58.