Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of The Cars - Couverture souple

Aaron, Peter

 
9781493075317: Moving in Stereo: Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of The Cars
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1493075314 ISBN 13 : 9781493075317
Editeur : Backbeat, 2025

Synopsis

The sounds of new wave pop music and the early days of MTV were defined by the work of a handful of iconic musicians, and few stood taller in that era than Ric Ocasek, frontman and primary songwriter for the Cars.

The band charted thirteen Top 40 singles in the U.S. from 1978 to 1987, the music video for their song "You Might Think" won MTV's first-ever Video of the Year award, and their biggest hit, "Drive," became a Top 10 hit across the globe. They would ultimately be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Following the band's breakup in 1988, Ocasek continued to have a lively professional as well as personal life-dating supermodels, publishing poetry, and appearing in movies. He enjoyed enormous success as a producer, working with such bands as Weezer, No Doubt, Guided by Voices, and the Bad Brains.

Moving in Stereo: The Life of Ric Ocasek, the Driving Force of the Cars serves as an in-depth guide to Ocasek's life and catalog as a musician. Drawing on interviews, personal reminiscences, and the the journalistic coverage he so reliably inspired, it gives a memorable portrait of one of the most essential voices in pop music during the MTV era and beyond.

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À propos de l'auteur

Peter Aaron is the author of If You Like the Ramones and The Band FAQ; the coauthor of Richie Ramone's autobiography, I Know Better Now; the arts editor for Chronogram magazine; the front man of influential New York band the Chrome Cranks; and a member of the Stabbing Jabs and other musical projects. In the 1980s, he promoted early concerts by Nirvana, the Flaming Lips, and others. His writing has appeared in the Village Voice, the Boston Herald, the Kingston Daily Freeman, and other publications, and online at AllMusic and All About Jazz. He lives in New York's Hudson Valley.

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Éditeur
Backbeat
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1493075314
ISBN 13 
9781493075317
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
264
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Personne responsable
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