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PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-101250286727

ISBN-139781250286727

eBay Product ID (ePID)28062275511

Product Key Features

Book TitleUnder a Rock : a Memoir

Number of Pages304 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2024

TopicHistory & Criticism, Personal Memoirs, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorChris Stein

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight19 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width7.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2024-005557

Reviews"[An] atmospheric narrative." - Publishers Weekly "With a stream-of-consciousness writing style and a talent for storytelling, the author recounts with intriguing specificity the trajectory his life has taken...fascinating." - Kirkus starred review "[E]ngaging...Written in an off-the-cuff style, this memoir offers a descriptive, highly impressionistic account of the author's role in Blondie and his life in New York City. Will engage general readers." - Library Journal, "[An] atmospheric narrative." - Publishers Weekly "With a stream-of-consciousness writing style and a talent for storytelling, the author recounts with intriguing specificity the trajectory his life has taken...fascinating." - Kirkus starred review "[E]ngaging...Written in an off-the-cuff style, this memoir offers a descriptive, highly impressionistic account of the author's role in Blondie and his life in New York City. Will engage general readers." - Library Journal "It's that rare thing: a music autobiography that leaves you wanting more, not less." - The Guardian

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal787.87166092

SynopsisForeword by Debbie Harry "A Downtown Memory" by Romy Ashby Debbie Harry defined iconic band Blondie's look. Chris Stein--her performing partner, lover, and lifelong friend--was its architect and defined its sound. "Parallel Lines", their third album, catapulted to #1, sold 20 million copies, and launched singles like "Heart of Glass", "Hangin' On the Telephone," and "One Way or Another", providing the beat when Bianca Jagger and Halston danced at Studio 54 and the soundtrack to every 1970's punk-soundtracked romance. Chris Stein knows how to tell a story. Under A Rock is his nothing-spared autobiography. It's about the founding of the band, ascending to the heights of pop success, and the hazards of fortune. Famous names march through these pages--Warhol, Bowie, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and more-but you can get famous names anywhere. What you can't get anywhere else is a plunge into the moments that made a giant 1980's artistic sensation. Stein takes us there in this revelatory, propulsive, distinctive memoir.

LC Classification NumberML419.S75A3 2024