39 min

035 Bill Sassenberger on Toxic Shock Records The Music Book Podcast

    • Music Interviews

On this episode, Marc talks to Bill Sassenberger, author of “Toxic Shock Records - Assassin of Mediocrity: A Story of Love, Loss, and Loud Music,” published in the spring of 2024 by Fluke Publishing. Bill and his wife Julianna ran Toxic Shock Records from 1980 up until about 2014 - it was a store, a label, a distributor, and tour booker, and much more.Bill’s book is both a personal memoir and a history of his business, as well as a diary of his time with Julianna after she had a stroke in the...

On this episode, Marc talks to Bill Sassenberger, author of “Toxic Shock Records - Assassin of Mediocrity: A Story of Love, Loss, and Loud Music,” published in the spring of 2024 by Fluke Publishing. Bill and his wife Julianna ran Toxic Shock Records from 1980 up until about 2014 - it was a store, a label, a distributor, and tour booker, and much more.Bill’s book is both a personal memoir and a history of his business, as well as a diary of his time with Julianna after she had a stroke in the...

39 min