Publication

2009 - Backbeat Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

104,500 words, Guess

Page Count

418 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number244058451
  • Better World Books9780879309435
  • Better World BooksW8-CAO-702
  • Open LibraryOL23018792M

Classifications

  • DDC781.6609794/94
  • LCCML3477.8.L67 H67 2009
  • LCCML3477.8.L67H67 2009

Description

xiii,356,[14]p. : 25cm

Description

British rock historian Barney Hoskyns (Hotel California, Across the Great Divide: The Band in America) examines the long and twisted rock 'n' roll history of Los Angeles in its glamorous and debauched glory. The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield, the Doors, Little Feat, the Eagles, Steely Dan, Linda Ronstadt, Joni Mitchell, and others (from Charlie Parker right up to Black Flag, the Minutemen, Jane's Addiction, Ice Cube, and Guns N' Roses) populate the pages of this comprehensive and extensively illustrated book [Publisher description].

Subjects

Topics

HistoryRock musicPopular musicMusic, americanFiction, generalHistory and criticismMusic, social aspects

Other Editions

  • Waiting for the sun: a rock 'n' roll history of Los AngelesBackbeat Books2009-01-01
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