achusetts ▁city ▁council ▁members ▁Category : 1 7 9 3 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 8 7 3 ▁death s ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁American ▁polit icians <0x0A> </s> ▁Ch uck ▁Edd y ▁( born ▁November ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 9 6 0 ) ▁is ▁an ▁American ▁music ▁journalist . ▁ ▁Life ▁and ▁career ▁Ch uck ▁Edd y ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Detroit , ▁Michigan . ▁After ▁starting ▁his ▁journal ism ▁career ▁with ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice ▁and ▁Cre em , ▁where ▁he ▁published ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁national ▁inter views ▁with ▁the ▁Be ast ie ▁Boys ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Edd y ▁then ▁wrote ▁for ▁Rol ling ▁Stone , ▁Sp in , ▁Entertainment ▁Week ly ▁and ▁other ▁national ▁and ▁local ▁publications . ▁He ▁also ▁author ed ▁two ▁books : ▁St air way ▁to ▁Hell : ▁The ▁ 5 0 0 ▁Best ▁He avy ▁Metal ▁Albums ▁in ▁the ▁Un iverse , ▁and ▁The ▁Acc ident al ▁E volution ▁of ▁Rock ▁and ▁Roll . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 9 ▁he ▁was ▁h ired ▁as ▁the ▁music ▁editor ▁at ▁The ▁Village ▁Vo ice , ▁where ▁he ▁served ▁for ▁seven ▁years . ▁After ▁being ▁terminated ▁on ▁grounds ▁of ▁" t aste " ▁upon ▁Village ▁Vo ice ▁Media ' s ▁mer ger ▁with ▁New ▁Times ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁he ▁briefly ▁wrote ▁a ▁thr ice - week ly ▁heavy ▁metal ▁blog ▁for ▁MTV ' s ▁U R GE ▁and ▁a ▁month ly