Dave Thompson is the British born author of over 100 books, largely dealing with rock and pop music, but also covering film, sports, philately, numismatics and erotica.

His first published book, Stories For Boys (Plexus, 1985) also bears the distinction of being the first biography of the band U2. Other notable firsts include Depeche Mode, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, ZZ Top and Simple Minds. He wrote the book "The Psychedelic Furs: Beautiful Chaos". Thompson has also written extensively on David Bowie, with the biographies Moonage Daydream (Plexus 1987) and Hallo Spaceboy (ECW 2006), and the semi-fictional To Major Tom (Sanctuary 2000). Thompson's book, Black and White and Blue: Erotic Cinema from the Victorian Age to the VCR, was published in autumn 2007.

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