Detroit Rock City
The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City
Boston : Da Capo Press, [2013], [2013], ©2013.
Format: Book
Edition: First Da Capo Press edition.
Description: viii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
From the Stooges and MC to the White Stripes, Eminem, and Kid Rock, this account of rock in Detroit, which has always produced more subversive rock music than any city in the world, presents stories from the participants themselves.
Contents:
Black sheep (1965-1972). Respect ; Playground of noise ; "You can't be a leader on LSD" ; "Mitch Ryder, eat shit" ; "I'm no statesman, I'm no general" ; "They didn't call them the Stooges for nothing" ; Riots in the Motor City ; Here's new pretties for you ; America's only rock 'n roll magazine ; "What happens in Detroit, stays in Detroit" ; In Detroit, Woodstock was the weak shit ; Fist fights and gang rapes ; Drugs hate you -- Gimmie some action (1973-1981). New York : "none of these people have seen shit" ; Stranglehold ; Mongrel ; Creem : 'they're no good since Lester Bangs left" ; You're gonna die ; Sweet nothin' ; Nothin' to do in Detroit ; The voice box and first in line ; No hands clapping ; "You're not punk rock" -- The big three killed my baby (1981-2000). Vengeance ; Face forward ; Punk rock sucks ; Don Kirshner of Detroit ; Mutiny in hardcore ; You just can't win ; Cool American ; MC5. Are they from Detroit? Fresh blood and garage innocence ; "Warm beer and bestiality go together" ; I'm hell ; On the corner ; The same boy you've always known ; "It was raining faggots on me" ; Devil with a cause ; Aspiring and achieving lowly dreams.
Subjects:
Rock music -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History and criticism.
Rock musicians -- Michigan -- Detroit.
Rock music -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History and criticism.
Rock musicians -- Michigan -- Detroit.
ISBN:
030682065X
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PERFORMING ARTS Music Popular Mil | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references.