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Dale Sherman began writing about rock music in small-press popular culture publications fresh out of high-school back in the early 1980s. With his background in reviewing theatrical bands, Dale moved on to write a bestselling book about KISS in 1997, BLACK DIAMOND: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF KISS. This led to a reference guide follow-up, BLACK DIAMOND 2 within the year. 1999 saw the release of THE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER, which first pressing’s obtained collectors’ prices itself in later years. The acclaim for both BLACK DIAMOND and THE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTOR’S GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER has led to new “Tenth Anniversary” editions in 2009.
Dale expanded his output with subsequent books on such diverse musical subjects as the most influential women in rock music with the book 20th CENTURY ROCK: WOMEN IN ROCK, and a humorous book about the amazing false legends of rock with URBAN LEGENDS OF ROCK AND ROLL: YOU NEVER CAN TELL. In addition, a musical charity novel called A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES earned over $10,000 for charities in early 2000.
Besides his numerous books, Dale has reviewed several television programs for the website www.realitynewsonline.com and was the full-time official website reviewer for Ohio Valley Wrestling; at the time the training-ground for WWE; from 2001 – 2007.
Dale has a MBA from the University of Louisville and currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky with his wife, too many pets, and a new baby daughter.

My Interests

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Whoever is doing the voices inside my head.

My Blog

New pictures of Maddie

I know I keep posting pictures of Maddie, but I'm a new dad, so give me a break.  :-)Jill wanted to pose Maddie in a field of flowers for Mother's Day. Unfortunately, Maddie fussed and cried the entir...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 19:53:00 GMT

Check out My Holy Angel Fire

I've just heard of this band tonight, but I just wanted to get them a shout-out in the blog here.  Certainly worth a listen and, hey, they based a song on something from one of my books ("Ted Blondie"...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 19:15:00 GMT

RECORD COLLECTORS review of the updated BLACK DIAMOND!

The May issue of RECORD COLLECTORS (Issue #362, featuring Led Zep on the cover) has a review for the updated BLACK DIAMOND book.  You can read the review here:  http://www.recordcollectormag.com/...
Posted by on Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:54:00 GMT

Links to some reviews for the updated books!

Ryan Sparks over at CLASSIC ROCK REVISITED has reviews up for the updated ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER book here and for the updated BLACK DIAMOND book here!  (Thanks for the great rev...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:49:00 GMT

Dale Sherman - FiledBy

http://www.filedby.com/author/dale_sherman/798815/ For those curious about my writing over the years - my KISS bio, BLACK DIAMOND,which has just come out in a tenth anniversary and updated edition, TH...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:18:00 GMT

More from the cover of THE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER

When putting together the new edition of the Alice Cooper book, I was very adamant about wanting something different for the cover.  While the original cover was okay, I thought it really didn't look ...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:02:00 GMT

THE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER is in stores!

Brief note to let people know that the updated Alice Cooper book should now be in stores.  Amazon.com also has it available and for 34% off the cover price. I don't know how long this will stay up, bu...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 21:05:00 GMT

Tenth anniversary edition of THE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER is shipping!

Here's the news I know some of you have been waiting for - The tenth anniversary edition of THE ILLUSTRATED COLLECTORS GUIDE TO ALICE COOPER has just been shipped out!I received my contributors' copie...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 09:08:00 GMT

News on the Alice Cooper book later this week

For those curious as to when the updated version of my book on Alice Cooper will finally hit the stands (especially as Amazon.com had it listed as coming out March 1), I do have some news on the book ...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:26:00 GMT

Our Daughter - Madeline Claire Sherman

On February 4, 2009, my wife Jill gave birth to our first child, Madeline Claire Sherman at 8:57 pm, EST.  She weighed 8 lbs, 6 ozs. and was 20 1/2 inches long at birth.She's beautiful.
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 16:17:00 GMT