The Dark Stuff: Selected Writings on Rock Music
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0306811820 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A literary greatest hits…A fascinating, rip-roaring examination…Depressing, uplifting, heartbreaking and hilarious, this should be required reading." -- Philadelphia Weekly, 05/24/06"Kent matters because he wrote about rock better than anyone before or since." -- Tony Parsons, The Daily Telegraph"No writer was closer to punkShows Kent's wider fascination with fragile psyches and fearsome egos." -- Blender, October 2006
He lives in England.. Nick Kent has written for New Musical Express, Spin, and Details and played with the Sex Pistols and the Subterraneans
"Kent matters because he wrote about rock better than anyone before or since." -Tony Parsons, The Daily Telegraph. A smart, scathing look at the most hell-bent performers of our time: Here are profiles of everyone you'd expect (and a few you wouldn't)-Brian Wilson, Miles Davis, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison, Sid Vicious, and Kurt Cobain
Rolling Stone - When it was edgier This book is a collection of stories and interviews of artists from the 60's all the way through the present (the updated edition). As someone who used to be a habitual Rolling Stone reader, and not longer is as a result of the change in people covers (which is a reflection of music tod. wordnat said the brilliant stuff. wow. i'm only halfway through this mindblowing thing but i gotta write a review full of slobbering praise RIGHT NOW. i knew i was in good hands when i finished the first piece on brian wilson, which is by far the best portrait of GeniusAbuse that i've had the pleasure to wade through. t. Three Stars He really dug up the dirt.