Bruno Ceriotti, rock historian

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Since 2009, Bruno Ceriotti is regarded as one of the foremost rock historians in the world. Born and raised in Termoli, a beautiful beach town in the south of Italy, Bruno is mostly known for his deeply comprehensive, impeccably researched and maniacally detailed artist biographies published in his own website, as well as in music magazines such as "Jam" in Italy, "Ugly Things" and "Vintage Guitar Magazine" in the US, "Shindig!" and "Mojo" in the UK, and "Moon Shiner - Bluegrass Journal" in Japan. He was also a regular contributor to the "Los Angeles Free Press" underground newspaper in 2014 and again from 2020 to 2021.

Bruno is also involved in the liner notes that accompany records, CDs and digital releases. So far, he has written liner notes for Chris Darrow & Max Buda's 1981's "Eye of The Storm" (2018 reissue, Blixa Sounds), Don Shinn's 1969's "Temples With Prophets" (2019 reissue, Sunbeam Records), Don Shinn's 1969's "Departures" (2019 reissue, Sunbeam Records), Boogie's "In Freak Town" (2022, Guerssen Records), and William Penn and His Pals' "Swami - The Complete Recordings" (2023, Guerssen Records). He has also contributed with his research to several other liner notes such as It's A Beautiful Day's 1969's "It's A Beautiful Day" (2012 reissue, Speakers Corner Records), Blue Cheer's "The '67 Demos" (2018, Sundazed Music), The Prime Movers Blues Band's "The Prime Movers Blues Band" (2019, Sundazed Music), Kaleidoscope's "Stepping Out - In Concert 1967-69" (2019, Bacon Beacon Records), Various Artists' "Heroes and Villains - The Sound of Los Angeles 1965-68" (2022, Cherry Red Records), Reinassance's "Live Fillmore West And Other Adventures" (2023, Repertoire Records), West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band's "A Door Inside Your Mind - The Complete Reprise Recordings 1966-1968" (2023, Cherry Red Records), Steamhammer's "Live" (2023, Repertoire Records), The Daily Flash's "The Legendary Recordings 1965-1967" (2023, Guerssen Records), The Artwoods' 1966's "Art Gallery" (2023 reissue, Guerssen Records), and The Artwoods' "I Take It All - Singles Collection" (2023, Guerssen Records).

Bruno has also worked as music consultant for 4 documentaries to date: "Seven Years Underground: A 60's Tale - The Story of the Cafe Au Go Go" (2011, Full Circle Films), "David Bowie: Finding Fame" (2019, BBC Television), "The Quiet One - The Life of Bill Wyman" (2019, Gizmo Films), and "Goddess of Slide: The Forgotten Story of Ellen McIlwaine" (2024, Soul Flicker Films, Inc.)

Bruno is also the author of "My Little Red Book - Love Day-by-Day 1965-1971", the first and only authorized biography of the legendary Los Angeles-based '60s rock band Love. Originally self-published as e-book in 2011, a fully revised and expanded version is available in 2024 only through this website.

Although he has written only one book so far, Bruno has been consulted as primary source for 31 books to date: "Rock Chronicles" by David Roberts (Firefly Books, 2012), "Rory Storm - The King of Liverpool" by Alex Schiavi (Editor'a Barata Atesanal, 2013), "Blind Owl Blues: The Mysterious Life and Death of Blues Legend Alan Wlson" by Rebecca Davis (self-published, 2013), "For Mother's Sake - The Memoirs and Recollections of Jimmy Carl Black 1938-2008" by Jimmy Carl Black (self-published, 2013), "A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man" by Holly George-Warren (Viking Press, 2014), "The Mamas and The Papas: Flower-Power-Ikonen, Psychedelika und sexuelle Revolution" by Matthias Blazek (Ibidem, 2014), "Blood, Sweat and My Rock-n-Roll Years: Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?" by Steve Katz (Globe Pequot Press, 2015), "The Basingstoke Music Scene in the 1960s" by Raz Razzle (Scolopendra Publishing, 2015), "Ry Cooder - Meester In De Schaduw" by Wouter Bulckaert (Epo, 2016), "Total Chaos: The Story of The Stooges / As Told by Iggy Pop" by Jeff Gold (Third Man Books, 2016), "Hey Joe: The Unauthorized Biography of a Rock Classic" by Marc Shapiro (Riverdale Avenue Books, 2016), "Love That Burns - A Chronicle of Fleetwood Mac" by Mick Fleetwood (Genesis Publications, 2017), "Ry Cooder - Il Viaggiatore dei Suoni" by Aldo Pedron (Arcada Edizioni, 2018), "The Big Note: A Guide to the Recordings of Frank Zappa" by Charles Ulrich (New Star Books, 2018), "I Am Tommy: On Stage and Backstage" by Tom Wilson (Friesen Press, 2018), "Born On The Bayou - La Storia dei Creedence Clearwater Revival" by Aldo Pedron (Arcana Edizioni, 2018), "And on Guitar ... The Autobiography of Jim Cregan" by Jim Cregan with Andy Merriman (The History Press, 2019), "Janis Joplin: Her Life and Music" by Holly George-Warren (Simon & Schuster, 2019), "Guitar King: Michael Bloomfield's Life in the Blues" by David Dann (UT Press, 2019), "Knight Moves: The K J Knight Story" by KJ Knight (Trafford Publishing, 2020), "Keep On Shining: A Guide Through The Music of Love & Arthur Lee" by William E. Spevack (self-published, 2021), "Love Is Understanding: The Life and Times of Peter Tork and The Monkees" by Sergio Farias (BearManor Media, 2022), "Woodstock University" by Oliver Lovesey (Taylor & Francis Groyp, 2022), "The Velvet Underground: What Goes On" by Sean Albiez & David Pattie (Bloomsbury Academic, 2022), "Undercover: 500 Rolling Stones Cover Versions That You Must Hear" by Peter Checksfield (self-published, 2022), "Rock & Role: American Rock Group Appearances on Scripted U.S. Television Series (1964-1970)" by Mike Dugo (BearManor Media, 2023), "Journey: Worlds Apart" by Nick DeRiso (Time Passages LLC, 2023), "Grosse Pointe Farms" by Terry Nelson and Barbara Nelson (Arcardia Publishing, 2024), "Weighted Down - The Complicated Life of Skip Spence" by Cam Cobb (Omnibus Press, 2024), "Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of American's Bohemian Music Capital" by David Browne (Hachette Books, 2024), and "Carlos Santana: Love, Devotion, Surrender: The Illustrated Story of His Music Journey" by Jeff Tamarkin (Insight Editions, 2025).

Bruno is also a top-rated contributor to several United States-based music websites and blogs such as "Chicken On A Unicycle", "Mike Bloomfield: An American Guitarist", "Mild-Equator: The Doors Collective Archives & Online Marketplace", "The Blues Project Official Page", "Garage Hangover", "Rock Prosopography 101", "Rock Archaelogy 101", "Lost Live Dead", "Berkeley In The Sixties", "Cryptical Developments - Reflections on the Music in the Bay Area in the 60's, 70's and Beyond", "Frank Zappa: The Planet Of My Dreams", "Blood, Sweat & Tears Official Page", "Carlos Santana: Santanamigos", "Frank Zappa: Information Is Not Knowledge", "Canned Heat: at Liberty (in the 1960s)", "Concert Poster Auction", "Terry Haggerty Official Page", "The Sons of Champlin Official Page", "Electric Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival & John Fogerty", "The Al Kooper Website", and "Jimmy Carl Black - The Indian of the Group".

Last but not least ...

Since 2010, he has been an honorary member of the Italian branch of "The Official Beatles Fan Club - Pepperland". He also written articles about the fab four for the fan club's four-monthly fanzine.

From 2011 to 2012, he co-hosted a weekly radio music show titled "Con te sulla spiaggia" for radio station Canale 100-FM in Bari, south of Italy.

In 2014, he worked for few months as A&R for an Italian jazz indie label called "A.MA Records".

Since 2017, he has been an occasionally consultant for "Recordmecca", the number one online marketplace in the world for buying and selling high end music memorabilia.