£16.99
Publication Date:
19 May 2003
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 10 - 15 May 2024
Description
"The Sound and the Fury" gathers some of the best and most entertaining rock writing of the last forty years, coming at rock and roll from several different angles and spanning four decades of Good, Bad and Ugly. Among the pieces are: Al Aronowitz documenting The Beatles' arrival in America; Glenn O'Brien dishing the dirt with Madonna; Nick Hornby reappraising pop deities Abba; Caroline Coon witnessing the birth of punk; Will Self sparring with Morrissey; Jon Savage entering the fractured mind of Kurt Cobain; Lenny Kaye riding Grand Funk Railroad Plus Greil Marcus on The Band, Mary Harron on Warhol, Vivien Goldman at the Wigan Casino, John Mendelssohn in South Central LA and many others.
Contents
The Beatles - Music's Gold Bugs, by Al Aronowitz; How to Become a Cult Figure in Only Two Years - The Making of David Bowie, by Steve Turner; It's Hard to be a Saint in the City - A Chat with Bruce Springsteen, by Jerry Gilbert; Sounds Dirty - The Truth About Nirvana, by Jon Savage; Joni Mitchell - An Interview, by Penny Valentine; Marvin Gaye - Earthly Fights & Mystic Flights, by Cliff White; Neil Young - When Does a Dinosaur Cut Off Its Tail?, by Richard Cook; Bob Dylan - "Jesus, who's got time to keep up with the times?", by Mick Brown; Madonna's Blonde Ambition, by Glenn O'Brien; Ice Cube, by Robert Gordon; Morrissey - The King of Bedsit Angst Grows Up, by Will Self; The Golden Road: A Report on San Francisco, by Paul Williams; The New York Dolls at the Mercer Arts Center, New York City, by Miles; The Road To Wigan Casino - Northern Soul, by Vivien Goldman; Go, Johnny, Go! Punk Hits Britain, by Caroline Coon; Live from Nashville - A Limey at Large in Music City USA, by Mick Farren; Poison The Hood - Niggaz with Attitude, by John Mendelssohn; The Monterey Pop Festival, by Michael Lydon; Lollapalooza - A Woodstock For The Lost Generation, by Simon Reynolds; Altamont - An Eyewitness Account, by David Dalton; Hit the Road Stax - Otis Redding et al at Finsbury Park Astoria, by Bill Millar; The Band - We Can Talk About It Now, by Greil Marcus; Give Peace A Chance! Grand Funk Railroad Shea Stadium, by Lenny Kaye; Eric Clapton - Rainbow Theatre, London, by Charles Shaar Murray; The Who's Mod Generation - Quadrophenia Through The Years, by Greg Shaw; Pop Art/Art Pop - The Warhol Connection, by Mary Harron; The Sound and Vision of Psychedelia, by Robot A. Hull; John Lennon - My Brilliant Career, by Simon Frith; Surfin' Death Valley USA, by David Toop; ABBA - Welcome to the Palindrome, by Nick Hornby
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