Title:
They just seem a little weird : how Kiss, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz remade rock and roll / Doug Brod.
ISBN:
9780306845192
Personal Author:
Edition:
First edition.
Publication Information:
New York, NY : Hachette Books, Hachette Book Group, 2020.
©2020
Physical Description:
x, 309 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction -- Stutter -- Dream on -- Hotter than hell -- Rock this town -- So good to see you -- Rock and roll all nite -- Numbers -- Great expectations -- Boys in action -- ELO kiddies -- Comin' home -- Get it up -- Coliseum rock -- Up the creek -- Walk the night -- I was made for lovin' you -- No surprize -- Stop this game -- Shout it out loud -- Waitin' on you -- Standing on the edge -- Walk this way -- Nothin' to lose -- Busted -- Surrender -- Gonna raise hell -- Let the music do the talking -- Epilogue.
Summary:
In the mid-'70s four flamboyant bands reveled in revved-up anthems and flaunted a novel theatricality. Brod offers an eye- and ear-opening look at a crucial moment in music history, when rock became fun again and a gig became a show. He seamlessly interweaves the narratives of KISS, Cheap Trick, and Aerosmith with that of Starz, a criminally neglected band whose fate may have been sealed by a shocking act of violence. Brod shows how these distinctly American groups-- three of them now enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame-- laid the foundation for two seemingly opposed rock genres: the hair metal of Poison, Skid Row, and Mötley Crüe and the grunge of Nirvana, Alice in Chains, and the Melvins.-- adapted from jacket
OCLC Number:
on1151002508
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