 He wrote or edited several books on music and film, including "Samuel Fuller" (1970), "The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies" (1986), and "The British Film Institute Companion to Crime" (1997).With Dave Laing, he edited "The Encyclopedia of Rock" (1975), and "The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music" (1990).He was also the chief editor and contributing writer of "The Aurum Film Encyclopedia".