Peaches: A Chronicle of the Stranglers, 1974 to 1990 - Brossura

Endeacott, Robert

Brossura

ISBN 10: 095757004X ISBN 13: 9780957570047

Casa editrice: Soundcheck Books, 2014

Riassunto

Formed in 1974 as The Guildford Stranglers, (Guildford is a middle-class town in the leafy county of Surrey, probably the least likely town in England to have a strangler) The Stranglers were at the vanguard of punk and new wave whilst never really being accepted as ‘proper’ punks. Although they looked as hard as nails, they were older than their contemporaries, had keyboards in the band and shock, horror, could play their instruments. However, rock fans everywhere embraced their more melodic, witty and often menacing musical vision and the band have had a string of hit singles and albums.Still going to this day, but without original guitarist Hugh Cornwell, the classic line up is Cornwell, Jean Jacques Burnel, Dave Greenfield and Jett Black. This is the line up covered in this book which goes from the band’s conception to Cornwell’s departure in 1990.Written by an uber fan who has good connections within The Stranglers community, the book, loosely set out in diary form (Think Punk Rock Diary), covers the band’s stormy history, a history often clouded by darkness. It weaves in secondary research plus enlightening splashes of exclusive quotes and anecdotes together with rare photos and interview extracts. Plus of course, accounts of so many gigs and incidents - this band is never far from controversy.

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L'autore:

'Born in Leeds in 1965, Robert Endeacott first found The Stranglers in 1978 someone gave him a copy (probably lent him it actually) of The Stranglers' single 'Five Minutes' and so a life-long attachment began. His writing 'career' began early this century with the release of 'One Northern Soul' then the sequel 'No More Heroes', semi-autobiographical tales of a Stranglers fan trying to grow up in the dark '80s of West Yorkshire. The non-fiction title 'Fanthology', co-edited with Graeme Garvey, followed and then the trio of novels 'Dirty Leeds', 'Disrepute - Revie'

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• Editore: Soundcheck Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 095757004X
• ISBN 13: 9780957570047
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 180