All The Mad Men: Barrett, Bowie, Drake, The Floyd, The Kinks, The Who And The Journey To The Dark Side Of English Rock

Author: Clinton Heylin

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Price : 39.99 AUD
ISBN : 9781849018807
Publisher : Constable and Robinson
Imprint : Constable
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Weight (g) : 0.756
Publication date : 01 November 2011
Dimensions : 240mm X 161mm X 36mm
Produced in : United Kingdom
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Availability date : 01 March 2012
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Author : Clinton Heylin
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By the end of 1968 The Beatles were far too busy squabbling with each other, while The Stones had simply stopped making music; English Rock was coming to an end. "All the Mad Men" tells the story of six stars that travelled to edge of sanity in the years following the summer of love: Pete Townshend, Ray Davies, Peter Green, Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, and David Bowie. The book charts how they made some of the most seminal rock music ever recorded: "Pink Moon"; "Ziggy Stardust"; "Quadrophenia"; "Dark Side of the Moon"; "Muswell Hillbillies" - and how some of them could not make it back from the brink. This is the extraordinary story of how English Rock went mad and found itself.

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After the Summer of Love - how English Rock lost itself, went mad, and produced some of the finest music.

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Clinton Heylin is one of the leading rock journalists in the world. He is the author of the definitive biography of Bob Dylan as well as the two volume history of his songs Revolution in the Air and Still on the Road. He has also written on all aspects of the history of rock from The Beatles to the Velvet Underground.