There is a light and it never goes out . . . or is there?Welcome to the big Reagan ’80s, where ketchup is a vegetable and the Cold War looms large and chilly. If like Joe Green you were coming of age
Reunited more than a decade after their brief flirtation with fame in the early 1990s, the middle-aged members of the Ohio-based Jane Ashers suddenly find themselves hitting the big time, with a new r
Marc Spitz assumed that if he lived like his literary and rock ’n’ roll heroes, he would become a great artist, too. He conveniently overlooked the fact that many of them died young, broke, and misera
A biography and cultural examination of the Rolling Stones' frontman Mick Jagger's spectacular life and the cultural revolution he led. As the Rolling Stones' legendary front man Mick Jagger remains
An examination of Mick Jagger’s spectacular life and the cultural revolution he led as the legendary front man of the Rolling Stones.As the Rolling Stones celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, their l
Following Bowie's life from his start as David Jones. an R & B-loving kid from Bromley, England, to his rise to rock 'n' roll aristocracy as David Bowie, the book recounts his career but also reveals
New York Times, Spin, and Vanity Fair contributor Marc Spitz explores the first great cultural movement since Hip Hop: an old-fashioned and yet highly modern aesthetic that’s embraced internationally
Provides the full, illustrated story of the rise, fall, and spectacular comeback of Green Day, tracing the history of the band from their earliest days to their recent critical acclaim, profiling the
Green day - guitarist and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong, bass player Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool - have rewritten the rules of rock at least twice in a single decade. When they first exploded
Finally an expansive biography of one of the twentieth century’s greatest music and cultural icons From noted author and rock ’n’ roll journalist Marc Spitz comes a major David Bowie biography to riva
Taking us back to late ’70s and early ’80s Hollywood—pre-crack, pre-AIDS, pre-Reagan—We Got the Neutron Bomb re-creates word for word the rage, intensity, and anarchic glory of the Los Angeles punk sc
The definitive pictorial document of The Smiths, showcasing never-before-published photos of one of the most influential bands of the late twentieth century at the apex of i
