Detroit rock city : the uncensored history of rock 'n' roll in America's loudest city / Steve Miller.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780306820656 (paperback) :
- Physical Description: viii, 312 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Da Capo Press edition.
- Publisher: Boston : Da Capo Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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| Subject: | Rock music > Michigan > Detroit > History and criticism. Rock musicians > Michigan > Detroit. |
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Steve Miller has been a journalist for more than twenty years, writing abut crime, culture, and the world at large. His work has appeared in People, U.S. News & World Report, the Daily Beast, High Times, the Dallas Morning News, and numerous other newspapers, websites, and magazines. He's the editor/author of several music and true crime books, including Detroit Rock City: The Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City, and is an Edgar Award finalist for his true crime work.
Steve Miller is a journalist and the author of several books including the Edgar-nominated true crime Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender. He is co-editor of Commando: The Johnny Ramone Autobiography and editor of Touch and Go: The Complete Hardcore Punk Zine '79-'83.