How to Ru(i)N a Record Label: The Story of Lookout Records - Couverture souple

Livermore, Larry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0989196348 ISBN 13 : 9780989196345

Editeur : Don Giovanni Records, 2015

Synopsis

Larry Livermore has lived an almost unbelievable life. In these pages he recalls attending the original Woodstock, seeing the Supremes homecoming in early 1960s Detroit, witnessing MC5 at a battle of the bands on a tennis court, and joining the White Panther Party. Of course all of this could not prepare him for an even more regimented and controlled life in his depictions of a cultish Maximum Rocknroll house. While Larry deserves much credit for displaying the East Bay punk rock scene and reviving punk rock in a global way from 1987-1997, what's interesting is what's not in this book. Despite a long-passed statute of limitations, Larry does not address the rumors of whether Lookout was founded with money from pot sales as co-founder David Hayes alleges. Similarly to Bob Mould's See a Little Light, we get to see Larry as an insecure, less-than confident individual who seems to be successful both because of and in spite of himself. While there is plenty of self-effacing commentary in these pages, Larry's depictions of other people seem less aware of the implicit power dynamic in their drastic age differences or how others might be reacting to his unique personality. A stirring commentary on building a scene in a material way, it's compellingly well written and a perfection companion to Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records, with a parallel narrative. It's the story of how one off-the-grid hippie-turned-punk agitator, despite all odds, managed to introduce the world to the likes of Green Day, Operation Ivy, Screeching Weasel, and a hundred other artists. And how an awkward relationship with being the boss and personality disputes that could ultimately disrupt all that had been built. This story is magical because it shows us that someone with enough stubborn passion can leave their mark on the world and write history and that the best things don't last forever.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

A lifelong man of punk, Larry Livermore (real name Lawrence Hayes) is known best as the cofounder of independent punk label Lookout Records. He also formed, played guitar in, and sang for punk rock band The Lookouts; formed the pop band The Potatomen; and has written for Maximum Rocknroll, Punk Planet, Absolutely Zippo, Homocore, and Verbicide. .

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Don Giovanni Records
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0989196348
• ISBN 13: 9780989196345
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 282
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Goodfellas S.r.l.; http://www.goodfellas.it; ; Via Rubaconte Da Mandello, 11; Firenze; 50126; Italie