Toby Creswell

Toby Creswell is an Australian journalist and pop-culture writer. He is best known for his time as an editor at "Rolling Stone" and as a founding editor of "JUICE". [Citation |last=Cauchi |first=Stephen |title=Right, said Led: old fogeys of rock in classic reunion mode |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/right-said-led-old-fogeys-of-rock-in-classic-reunion-mode/2007/11/03/1193619205944.html |publisher="The Age" |date=2007-11-04 |accessdate=2008-04-24] [Citation |last=Carney |first=Shaun |title=Shuffling through a century of song |url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/music/a-century-of-song/2005/11/03/1130823342990.html?page=2 |publisher="The Age" |date=2005-11-05 |accessdate=2008-04-24]

Over the past 30 years he has written extensively about all aspects of popular culture for national and international magazines. In 1985 he became editor of "Rolling Stone" and remained so until 1991. The following year he started, in partnership, the publishing company Terraplane Press/Terraplanet and was the editorial director of the magazines "Juice", HQ, Monument, Big Hit and Australian Style. He has also worked in television, producing a variety show for SBS and a series of 4 documentaries on Australian music. He was also the producer of "The National Karaoke Challenge". [Citation |last=Kermond |first=Clare |title=For the record |url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/12/1097406564873.html |publisher="The Age" |date=2004-10-14 |accessdate=2008-04-24]

His books include "Too Much Ain't Enough" (Random House), a biography of singer Jimmy Barnes; "The Real Thing" (with Martin Fabinyi) (Random House), "Love is In the Air" (ABC Books), "1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die" (Hardie Grant), "1001 Australians" (with Samantha Trenoweth) (Pluto). His band Surfside 6 recorded the seminal post-punk 45 "Cool in the Tube" for Phantom.

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