Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
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| Rating | : | 4.70 (554 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XYS6V32 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Drawing on 200 original interviews with James Murphy, Julian Casablancas, Karen O, Ezra Koenig, and many other musicians, artists, journalists, bloggers, photographers, managers, music executives, groupies, models, movie stars, and DJs who lived through this explosive time, journalist Lizzy Goodman offers a fascinating portrait of a time and a place that gave birth to a new era in modern rock and roll.. Joining the ranks of the classics Please Kill Me, Our Band Could Be Your Life, and Can't Stop Won't Stop, an intriguing oral history of the post-9/11 decline of the old-guard music industry and rebirth of the New York rock scene, led by a group of iconoclastic rock bands. Then 9/11/2001 plunged the country into a state of uncertainty and war - and a dozen New York City bands that had been honing their sound and style in relative obscurity suddenly became symbols of glamour for a young, web-savvy, forward-looking generation in need of an anthem. In the seco
In Response to the Criticisms Although I have not finished this book yet, I haven't been able to put it down. I have read a few of the critical reviews that do not like the way that the book is written, because it is an oral history full of quotes that are interwoven together to tell the story of various bands throughout the early 2000s. I personally like t. Steve said Terrific book. If you're a fan of rock music. Terrific book. If you're a fan of rock music, you'll love it through and through. Several of these reviews complain about it just being a collection of quotes - The style of book is called an oral history, much like the book about SNL called "Live From New York" and the one about ESPN called "Those Guys Have All the Fun" and th. Devoured This Hard to be objective when I love most the bands represented here, but I devoured this book. All the players are at the table--you can read the description--and somehow Lizzy Goodman's got them talking. Sure the parties are a hook, but read for the inspirations which fueled each band, the 60+ characters represented, and the book