Adam Block (music critic)

This article is about the writer and music critic. For other people with the same name, see Adam Block (disambiguation).

Adam Parker Block (February 7, 1951 – January 27, 2008) was a San Francisco-based writer and music critic for The Advocate, for which he wrote a regular column entitled Block on Rock. He interviewed numerous pop stars as well as lesser known music artists, helping to raise awareness of the emerging queercore movement.[1][2]

He died of pulmonary illness due to AIDS on January 27, 2008, aged 56, in San Francisco, California.[3][4]

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  2. ^ Kohnen, Melanie (2015-11-06). Queer Representation, Visibility, and Race in American Film and Television: Screening the Closet. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-51989-5.
  3. ^ "Adam Parker Block Obituary (2008) San Francisco Chronicle". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
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