Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, who has written for Rolling Stone, and has authored such books as 'Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, ' 'The Faith No More & Mr. Bungle Companion, ' 'Too High to Die: Meet the Meat Puppets, ' and 'MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video.' 'Punk! Hardcore! Reggae! PMA! Bad Brains!' is his fourteenth book overall.