Kimberly Chun Biography

Kimberly Chun is a staff writer at The San Francisco Chronicle where she has written stories on indie pop bands, underground comic book artists, illegal ferrets and the Japanese American internment. A lifelong music fan, she sang in Hawaii’s first all-girl punk band, spun records as a college radio DJ in Hawaii and Iowa, worked as a record buyer in San Francisco, and started zines that have been lauded in Factsheet Five and Sassy. Desert Island Picks1.Rolling Stones-Beggars Banquet 2.Velvet Underground and Nico 3.Beach Boys-Pet Sounds 4.Yo La Tengo-Fakebook 5.Elvis-The Top Ten Hits 6.Sonic Youth-Daydream Nation 7.Public Enemy-It Takes a Nation of Millions 8.Freakwater-Feels Like the First Time 9.Stooges-Fun House 10.Beastie Boys-Ill Communication 11.Beatles—1962-1966 12.George Jones-Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years 13.Bob Dylan-Highway 61 14.Charles Mingus-Black Saint and the Sinner Lady 15.Television-Marquee Moon 16. Merle Haggard-Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology 17.Nirvana-Bleach 18.Flying Burrito Brothers-Further Along 19.Ramones-Rocket to Russia 20.Sex Pistols-Never Mind the Bullocks 21.Minutemen-Double Nickles on a Dime 22.Husker Du-Zen Arcade 23.Helium-Magic City 24. Apples in Stereo—(current release), All Music Guide