| Edition |
First Scribner hardcover edition. |
| Description |
viii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
50 Essential Rock Albums: The '60s -- Metal Gurus and Other Discoveries -- Encounters: Lou Reed -- ...And Then My Brain Exploded -- Encounters: The Ramones -- The Joy of Access: Getting in the Door -- Encounters: Billy Idol -- 50 Essential Rock Albums: The '70s -- Music Appreciation 101: Majoring in Rock Studies "Modern Rock on the Jersey Shore" -- 50 Essential Rock Albums: The '80s -- The Great Northwest: How Nirvana Saved the World -- Encounters: Oasis -- M(att)TV -- Buzz Clips and Twists of Fate -- 50 Essential Rock Albums: The '90s -- Jimmy and Doug's Farm: LA and the Dawn of the Digital Age -- Encounters: U2 -- Encounters: KISS -- My Brilliant A&R Career (or: As the Industry Crumbles) -- Encounters: Coheed and Cambria -- Pursuing the Killers (and Other Adventures in A&R) -- 50 Essential Rock Albums: The '00s -- Encounters: Bowie -- Coda: Is Rock Dead?. |
| Summary |
"A memoir from a music personality, TV host and MTV and VH1 veejay chronicles the songs and artists that informed and molded his childhood and teenage years to ultimately inspire his career, relationships and life and shares his stories from the front lines of rock and roll,"--NoveList. |
| Subject |
Pinfield, Matt, 1961- author.
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Disc jockeys -- United States -- Biography.
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Video jockeys -- United States -- Biography.
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Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Cohen, Mitchell (music journalist), author.
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| ISBN |
9781476793894 (hardcover) |
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1476793891 (hardcover) |
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