Milk It! Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the '90s

Derogatis, Jim

ISBN 10: 0306812711 / ISBN 13: 9780306812712

Verlag: Da Capo Press, Cambridge

Beschreibung

[0-306-81271-1] 2003. (Trade paperback) Near fine. 409pp. Appendices, index. The top corner of the back cover is has a small diagonal crease. "As a critic and reporter covering the alternative rock explosion of the '90S from the front lines, Jim DeRogatis spent a long evening with Kurt Cobain just a few months before Cobain's suicide provided the tragic exclamation point to an era. He hosted a two-hour eruption by Courtney Love on live radio; cheered the rise of the Smashing Pumpkins but alienated its leader, Billy Corgan; witnessed the devolution of Lollapalooza". Book about Alternative Music, Kurt Cobain, Hole--Band, Jane's Addiction--Band, Lollapalooza, Courtney Love, Nirvana--Rock Musicians, Pearl Jam--Band & Smashing Pumpkins--Band. Time Period 1990's. (Music, Cultural Studies, Essays, Music Appreciation, Pop Music).

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Milk It! Collected Musings on the Alternative Music Explosion of the '90s
• Verlag: Da Capo Press, Cambridge
• ISBN-10: 0306812711
• ISBN-13: 9780306812712
• Einband: Softcover
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Inhaltsangabe

An electrifying collection on the music of the '90s by the acclaimed journalist and critic who wrote dispatches from the front lines of the Alternative Nation. Taking its title with suitable slacker irony from a song on Nirvana's In Utero , Milk It! is an anthology of pieces written in the heat of the moment-an urgent and diverse overview that mirrors the chaotic rush of the postmodern sounds it covers. Headnotes and connective material-the "stories behind the stories"-provide running commentary on the music business, rock criticism, a troubled generation, and an attempt to put the fast-moving alternative-rock era in perspective from the safe distance of the comparatively bland new millennium. Compiled by a critic who shared the Generation X outlook, attitude, and biting sense of humor with the musicians that he covered-Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Hole, and many others- Milk It! is the first serious attempt to chart the alternative music scene. Compelling, amusing, and provocative, Milk It! captures the excitement of an era, and reckons with its enduring influence.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jim DeRogatis is pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, the co-host of WXRT-FM's "Sound Opinions," and the ASCAP/Deems Taylor award-winning author of Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic. A frequent contributor to Spin, Guitar World, Modern Drummer, and other magazines, DeRogatis lives in Chicago.