Books
-
£ 11.99
- Ex Tax: £ 11.99
Uncommon People : The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
Rock Stars 1955-1994 - Book - by David Hepworth
(2018)
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations. What did we see in them? Swagger.
Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief.
A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes.
Talent we wished we had. What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs.
To stay young forever. No wonder many didn't stay the course. In Uncommon People, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst a hundred myths and create a hundred more.
As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. Uncommon People isn't just their story. It's ours as well.
You May Also Like
Siouxsie and the Ban...
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Book - by Laurence Hedges
£ 15.99 Ex Tax: £ 15.99
Heaven And Hell : My...
The Eagles - Book - by Don Felder
£ 17.49 Ex Tax: £ 17.49
Fingers Crossed : Ho...
Miki Berenyi / Lush - Book - by Miki Berenyi
£ 19.49 Ex Tax: £ 19.49
Sonic Life : A Memoi...
Sonic Youth / Thurston Moore - Book - by Thurston Moore
£ 18.79 Ex Tax: £ 18.79
Banned in DC: Photos...
DC Punk (79-85) - Book - by Cynthia Connolly
£ 64.99 Ex Tax: £ 64.99
She Bop : The Defini...
Women in Popular Music - Book - by Lucy O'Brien
£ 14.49 Ex Tax: £ 14.49
I Just Can't Stop It...
The Beat - Book - by Ranking Roger and Daniel Rachel
£ 11.49 Ex Tax: £ 11.49
50 Years of Glastonb...
Glastonbury Festival - Book - by Malcolm Croft
£ 21.99 Ex Tax: £ 21.99
Nightfly : The Life ...
Steely Dan/Donald Fagen - Book - by Peter Jones
£ 21.99 Ex Tax: £ 21.99