Under A Rock

AvChris Stein

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS OF 2024'Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards and from what I've learned over the fifty or so years of our friendship, Chris is a card from the unexpected deck' - from the foreword by Debbie HarryMusician, photographer, storyteller, and longtime partner to Debbie Harry, Chris Stein defined the sound of an era, catapulting the icon band Blondie to #1 and selling over 20 million copies of Parallel Lines.In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Stein reveals himself-this time not in songwriting or photography, which he's previously been known for, but in words. From a Brooklyn boyhood, a move across the river to the gritty and fecund East Village in the late 1970s allowed Stein to tap the explosive creativity that defined the era in the city. It was a time when David Bowie and the Ramones were also making music, when Andy Warhol was still alive and promoting Jean-Michel Basquiat's work, when cool was defined not by where you came from but by what you could contribute to culture.UNDER A ROCK is a plunge into that vanished time period, and into the moments that turned the fresh sound and new look of punk and new wave into a giant artistic and commercial sensation. Stein takes us there in this revelatory, propulsive, distinctive memoir.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-06-06
Mått:232 x 310 x 28 mm
Vikt:600 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:304
Förlag:Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN:9781472157638

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CHRIS STEIN is the cofounder, songwriter, and guitarist of the iconic band Blondie. Stein's photographs have been featured in galleries aroundthe world, and published in Chris Stein/Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk. He has collaborated with numerous other writers and artists, including Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, William Burroughs, Devo, Glenn O'Brien, and Shepard Fairey. He lives with his wife, Barbara, and daughter, Vali, in New York City.

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'With a stream-of-consciousness writing style and a talent for storytelling, the author recounts with intriguing specificity the trajectory his life has taken, replete with wild, sometimes unbelievable stories... a fascinating yet cautionary account regarding the hazards of rock 'n' roll and celebrity'