Michael Christopher is a journalist and music historian. He is the author of Depeche Mode: All That’s Left to Know About the World’s Finest Synth-Pop Band and the forthcoming Van Halen: The Eruption and the Aftershock. A senior writer for the online music magazine Vanyaland, where he was a founding member and later managing editor, he contributes regularly to Ultimate Classic Rock, Loudwire, and LA Weekly. He also has a syndicated music and lifestyle column for a series of newspapers in the Philadelphia metro region and beyond under the MediaNews Group banner. His work has appeared in The Boston Phoenix, Boston Magazine, Rockpile, and Diffuser. He lives in Boston, building a respectable vinyl collection.