Greg Shaw (writer)

Greg Shaw (January 20, 1949 – October 19, 2004) was an American writer, publisher, magazine editor, music historian and record executive.

Biography

Shaw was born in San Francisco, California. Mojo Navigator is said to have been an early inspiration for Rolling Stone magazine, as its co-founder Jann Wenner befriended Shaw and learned how to produce a rock magazine.

In the 1970s, Shaw moved to Los Angeles with wife and partner Suzy Shaw and started the fanzine called Who Put the Bomp, popularly known as simply Bomp!, or Bomp magazine. He was hired by United Artists as assistant head of creative services. During this time, he pursued a long-time project, The Encyclopedia Of British Rock. He also later wrote a book about Elton John. He signed, and distributed, power pop and new wave acts such as Shoes, the Nerves, the Plimsouls and the Romantics. He also released music by Spacemen 3 and the Brian Jonestown Massacre in the mid to late-1990s, and appears in the Sundance award-winning documentary Dig!