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Read [Dave Thompson Book] * Alternative Rock : Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion Online ^ PDF eBook or Kindle ePUB free. Alternative Rock : Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion Amazon Customer said Must have for every rock audiophile. This is one of the best rock books around. If you are new to the scene or working on filling the holes in your collection, you need this book. It goes into rock history and where ska came.. Not Fairly reviewed Alastor I would like to respectfully disagree with a couple of the previous reviews. This book (though no longer the most current) is a GREAT reference to both casual music fans and music geeks alike. Even if not every band you woul
| Title | : | Alternative Rock : Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.17 (651 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879306076 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 800 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-05 |
| Language | : | English |
In the historically fascinating introduction, Thompson provides a time line that traces the jelling of three factors in 1975 that led to a rock sound whose main rule is that there are no rules: the release of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music, Patti Smith's Horses, and the blowup of the Sex Pistols. Libraries that pride themselves on well-rounded music and pop culture collections should purchase this third entry in the fine "Third Ear" series. The stories of such lesser-known groups as Black '47 and Disorder are handled with the same aplomb and deftness as the wildly popular Blondie (then) and Marilyn Manson (now). David M. Fr
Amazon Customer said Must have for every rock audiophile. This is one of the best rock books around. If you are new to the scene or working on filling the holes in your collection, you need this book. It goes into rock history and where ska came.. Not Fairly reviewed Alastor I would like to respectfully disagree with a couple of the previous reviews. This book (though no longer the most current) is a GREAT reference to both casual music fans and music geeks alike. Even if not every band you would like to see or should potentially know about from '75-'00 is included, many of them are, and even if the synopses/reviews may not be your opinion, you can not deny they are at least fair and i. John L Murphy said Recycled journalism meets some honest ratings. Yes, I too miss the inclusion of The Fall and the Mekons, not to mention dozens of other bands here. Why not Hawkwind, if you're giving such space to Psychic TV and Christian Death? This book takes extremely obscure goth-industrial/new-wave curiosities even a rock geek like me's never heard of and mixes them into mini-essays that both overrate and dismiss, as any critic should do--according to his/her and our taste
Scene-setting essays some with interviews of key figures explore alternative rock's primary influences, from Captain Beefheart to Brian Eno, and its many subgenres, from punk to grunge and Brit pop to trip hop. Reviews and profiles cover over 2,000 recordings and more than 500 musicians, such as The Beastie Boys, The Cure, R.E.M., Marilyn Manson, XTC and hundreds more. (Book). This book looks inside the artists and music that transformed the American and British soundscape of the 1980s and '90s. From the author of Depeche Mode and Never Fade Away: The Kurt Cobain Story .. This comprehensive guide also examines the cultural scenes, technologies and people behind the alternative sound
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