Begin the Begin : R.E.M.'s Early Years

Robert Dean Lurie

ISBN 10: 1891241680 / ISBN 13: 9781891241680

Editore: Verse Chorus Press Mai 2019, 2019

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Neuware - Begin the Begin is the first biography of R.E.M. wholly researched and written since they disbanded in 2011. It offers by far the most detailed account of the group's formative years -- their early lives, their first encounters with one another, their legendary debut show, early tours in the back of a van, initial recordings, their shrewdly paced rise to fame. The people and places of the American South are crucial to the R.E.M. story in ways much more complex and interesting than have previously been presented, claims Robert Dean Lurie; he explores the myriad ways in which the band's adopted hometown of Athens, Georgia -- and the South in general -- shaped its members and the character of their art. The South is much more than the background here; it plays a major role: the creative ferment that erupted in Athens and gripped many of its young inhabitants in the late 1970s and early '80s drew on regional traditions of outsider art and general cultural out-thereness, and gave rise to a free-spirited music scene that produced the B-52's and Pylon, as well as laying the ground for R.E.M.'s subsequent breakout success. Lurie has tracked down and interviewed numerous figures in the band's history who were underrepresented in, or absent from, earlier biographies -- they contribute previously undocumented stories and cast a fresh light on the familiar narrative.

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• Titolo: Begin the Begin : R.E.M.'s Early Years
• Editore: Verse Chorus Press Mai 2019
• Data di pubblicazione: 2019
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1891241680
• ISBN 13: 9781891241680
• Rilegatura: Taschenbuch
• Condizione: Neu
• Dimensioni: 228 L x 151 A x 22 P (millimetri) 228 millimetri di larghezza per 151 millimetri di altezza per 22 millimetri di profondità
• Peso: 473 grammi

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Robert Dean Luries biography is the first completely researched and written since R.E.M. disbanded in 2011. It offers by far the most detailed account of their formative yearsthe early lives of the band members, their first encounters with one another, their legendary debut show, early tours in the back of a van, initial recordings, their shrewdly paced rise to fame. The people and places of the American South are crucial to the R.E.M. story in ways much more complex and interesting than have been presented thus far, says Lurie, who explores the myriad ways in which the bands adopted hometown of Athens, Georgia, and the South in general, have shaped its members and the character and style of their art. The South is more than the background to this story; it plays a major role: the creative ferment that erupted in Athens and gripped many of its young inhabitants in the late 70s and early 80s drew on regional traditions of outsider art and general cultural out-thereness, and gave rise to a free-spirited music scene that produced the B-52s and Pylon, and laid the ground for R.E.M.s subsequent breakout success.Lurie has tracked down and interviewed numerous figures in the bands history who were under-represented in or even absent from earlier biographies, and they contribute previously undocumented stories and cast a fresh light on the familiar narrative.