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- Birth nameDavid Rodney Marsh
- Hailing from Detroit, Michigan, Dave Marsh is a notable writer and critic in the rock and roll music world (most notably for CREEM magazine). Marsh has often been credited with coining the term "punk" (in reference to punk rock music), and has been a strong voice in the fight against media censorship.
- IMDb mini biography by: anonymous
- SpouseBarbara Carr(? - August 14, 2026) (his death)
- ChildrenKristen AnnSasha
- In 1979, he famously panned Britain's most popular rock band, Queen, calling them "the first truly fascist rock band" and "creeps" with "polluting ideas".
- Among the first editors of Creem magazine when it launched in 1969.
- Also co-founded the newsletter Rap & Rock Confidential and, in 2004, joined SiriusXM, hosting Kick Out the Jams for 19 years, along with Live from E Street Nation and Live from the Land of Hope and Dreams.
- Following the death of his daughter, Kristen Ann Carr, in 1993 at age 21 of sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, he co-founded and served as a trustee of the The Kristen Ann Carr Fund to advance sarcoma research and support families affected by cancer.
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