Spin - Greatest Hits : 25 Years of Heretics, Heroes, and the New Rock 'n' Roll

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• ISBN13: 9780470639962
• ISBN10: 0470639962
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-10-05
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The official book celebrating the 25th anniversary of SPIN magazineFrom its first issue in 1985, SPIN has cultivated a reputation for brilliant writing and broad musical coverage, including genres and artists long abandoned by its competitors. From punk to electronica, goth to gangsta rap, emo to garage rock, and hip-hop to indie rock, SPIN has covered it all and featured interviews with leading artists through every musical wave of the last 25 years.SPIN: Greatest Hits brings together some of the classic stories that have appeared in the magazine, each with a new introduction by the author offering historical perspective on the article. Compiles the best articles from well-known writers such as Chuck Klosterman, Jonathan Ames, Elizabeth Gilbert, and David Hajdu Features the best SPIN interviews with Lou Reed, Noel Gallagher, Chuck D, and other influential musicians Includes hilarious sidebars such as "Six Extreme Metal Bands That Could Be Mistaken for Flavors of Herbal Tea," "Six Misguided Attempts to Falsify Rock History," and morePacked with great writing and information spanning a quarter-century of iconic music and musicians, SPIN: Greatest Hits is an essential keepsake for music fans and lovers of pop culture.

Author Biography

Doug Brod is editor in chief of SPIN magazine. Formerly a senior editor at Entertainment Weekly, he has written for the Village Voice and the Hollywood Reporter. He also contributed to SPIN: 20 Years of Alternative Music.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

A Matter of Life and Death

6,557 Miles to Nowhere

Revisiting the sites of rock'n'roll departures

Hands on a Hardbody

Fetishizing one's first guitar

Summer of '69

Exploring the cultural battle between Charles Manson and Woodstock

My Bloody Valentine

Breaking up with a letter composed of lyrics from 69 breakup songs

REVIEW: Rob Sheffi eld on Morrissey's Vauxhall and I

Rebel Yell

Chinese Water Torture

Visiting the Yangtze River's controversial Three Gorges Dam

War Is Loud

Investigating the U.S. military's use of music as an instrument of torture

Fearless Bouncers, Critical Beat-Downs, and Insane Posses at America's Craziest Club

Enjoying Detroit's alarming nightlife'

Red, Hot, and Bothered

Moshing with Rage Against the Machine in Moscow

REVIEW: Ann Powers on Sleater-Kinney's Dig Me Out

The Outsiders

Middle-American Gothic

Being odd man out at a Midwest goth festival

School's Out

Remembering New York City's real rock'n'roll high school

The Art of the Hustle

Pounding the pavement with rock's hungriest band

REVIEW: Sasha Frere-Jones on Run-D.M.C.'s

Crown Royal

The Right Profile

Let Us Now Praise Women Uncaged

Extolling the virtues of Joanna Newsom and Karen O

Lady Sings the Blues

Avoiding rehab with Amy Winehouse

The Rebirth of Cool

Introducing the Strokes

Bruce's Transparent Dogshit

Dissecting the Boss

REVIEW: Terri Sutton on Foo Fighters' debut

Voices Carry

Don't Look Back in Anger

Chatting with Oasis' Noel Gallagher'

Street Hassle

Surviving Lou Reed

Armageddon in Effect

Confronting Chuck D

Dearly Beloved

Presenting an oral history of Prince's Purple Rain

REVIEW: Sia Michel on DJ Shadow's

Endtroducing. . .

Acknowledgments

Credits

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