Jim DeRogatis

Jim DeRogatis (born 1964 in New Jersey) is an American music journalist. He is employed as Popkritiker at the Chicago Sun-Times, but also worked for magazines such as Rolling Stone, Guitar World, Modern Drummer and spin. He also published several books, including a biography of Lester Bangs and a book about the Flaming Lips.

• 2000: Let it Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Critic rock, Broadway Books, ISBN 978-0747538134
• 2003: Milk It: Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the '90s, Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-0306812712
• 2003: Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock, Hal Leonard Publishing Co, ISBN 978-0634055485
• 2004: Kill Your Idols: A New Generation of Rock Writers Reconsiders The Classics (ed., with Carmel Carrillo ), Da Capo Press, ISBN 978-1569802762