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Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Jim Morrison's searing poetic vision, electrifying live performances, and voracious appetite for sexual, spiritual, and psychedelic experience inflamed the spirit and psyche of a generation. During his scorching rise to stardom as the lead singer of the Doors in the 1960s, his haunting voice and urgent lyrics reached out to the darkest thoughts and most passionate desires of fans around the world, in songs that ranged from the romantic immediacy of...
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A history of the "27 Club" (music stars who died at 27), examining its six most iconic members.
Imagine a club that people are dying to get into-- literally! Sounes examines the lives of six musicians and singers who died at the age of 27, plus other music industry figures who died at that age, to discover what-- apart from coincidence-- this phenomenon signifies. He discovers a common story of excess, madness, and self-destruction.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Whether it's the curiosity that blossoms after we listen to our favorite band's newest record, or the sheer admiration we feel after watching a knockout performance, many of us have experienced art so pure--so innovative--that we can't help but wonder afterwards: 'How did they do that?' And yet, few of us are in a position to be able to ask those memorable legends where their inspiration comes from and how they translated it into something fresh...
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