At the time of its original publication over a decade ago, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the first comprehensive history of the DJ, a figure who has gone from being little more than a talking jukebox to become a powerful force--part producer, part musician, part superstar, and part shaman. With five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material on hi-energy, Balearic, acid house, and UK garage music, this updated and revised edition of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life reasserts itself as the definitive account of DJ culture. From the early development of recorded and transmitted sound, DJs have been shaping the way we listen to music and the record industry. From Alan Freed and the early radio tastemakers to Junior Vasquez and the economics of the superclub, Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton have tracked down the inside story on some of music's most memorable moments. Focusing on the club DJ, the book gets first-hand accounts of the births of disco, hip hop, house, Jamaican dub and dancehall, techno, etc. Visiting legendary clubs like the Peppermint Lounge, Cheetah, Arthur, Paradise Garage, the Loft, Sound Factory, the Warehouse, and Ministry of Sound, with interviews with legendary DJs like Larry Levan, Frankie Knuckles, Francis Grasso, Ron Hardy, David Mancuso, Nicky Siano, Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, Fatboy Slim, and the Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is a lively and entertaining account of musical history and some of the most legendary parties of the century.