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Book

Detroit rock city : the uncensored history of rock 'n' roll in America's loudest city

Call Number

  • 781.66 M6514 (CEN)

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Edition

First Da Capo Press edition.

Publication Information

Boston : Da Capo Press, 2013.

Physical Description

viii, 312 pages ; 24 cm

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 ; "We weren't musicians, we were like an outlaw bike club" ; 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 ; MC5: Are they from Detroit? Fresh blood and garage innocence ; Cool American ; "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.

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