THE SOUND AND THE FURY by Barney Hoskyns (Editor) ( 9780747563136 )

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Title:

THE SOUND AND THE FURY
40 YEARS OF CLASSIC ROCK JOURNALISM - A ROCK'S BACK PAGES READER

By:

Barney Hoskyns (Editor)

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0747563136

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9780747563136

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

19 May, 2003

Pages:

448

Description:

Gathers some of the best and most entertaining rock writing, coming at rock and roll from several different angles and spanning four decades of Good, Bad and Ugly. This book includes such pieces as: Al Aronowitz documenting The Beatles' arrival in America; Glenn O'Brien dishing the dirt with Madonna; and, Nick Hornby reappraising pop deities Abba.

Synopsis:

"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.

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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