The Youngs: The Brothers Who Built Ac/Dc - Couverture souple

Fink, Jesse

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1845029666 ISBN 13 : 9781845029661

Editeur : Black and White Publishing, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"A largely untold, much more controversial story... anything but a hagiography. A fresh, incisive take on the band."
MOJO ****

"Fink's ability to overcome the Youngs code of Scottish-Australian omertà is impressive... a cut above other AC/DC tomes, and Fink knows it."
Classic Rock ****½

With sales of over 200 million albums, AC/DC is not just the biggest rock band in the world, it's a family business built by three brothers: George, Malcolm and Angus Young. As with any business, some people prospered, while others got hurt along the way.

The Youngs: The Brothers Who Build AC/DC is unlike any AC/DC book you've read before. Less a biography, more a critical appreciation, it tells the story of the trio through 11 classic songs and reveals some of the personal and creative secrets that went into their making.

Important figures from AC/DC's long journey to the top open up for the very first time, while unsung heroes behind the band's success are given the credit they are due. Accepted accounts of events are challenged while sensational new details emerge to cast a whole new light on the band's history - especially their early years with Atlantic Records in the United States. Former AC/DC members and musicians from bands such as Guns N' Roses, Dropkick Murphys, Airbourne and Rose Tattoo also give their perspectives on the Youngs' brand of magic.

Revue de presse :

A great narrative... it has one very simple, very powerful message for those who would like to dismiss AC/DC as childish hacks: 'Stop being so bloody pretentious!' Thank you, Jesse Fink, for talking some sense into me. 'No matter how hard you try not to react to their music, it's impossible. You cannot listen to an album like Back in Black and not move,' Fink tells me. 'That's what I wanted to celebrate with this book -- the idea that it's okay to rock.' Damn straight, it's about time somebody said it. --Clark Boyd, PRI's The World

Fink's look at the band addresses the question that he believes most mainstream rock critics have never been able to answer about AC/DC: 'Why have they endured and resonated with hundreds of millions of people and inculcated such fierce loyalty and outright fanaticism?' The answer is the unrelenting tenacity of the Young brothers... fascinating. --Publishers Weekly

I loved it. --Jerry Greenberg (president of Atlantic Records, 1974-'80)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Black and White Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1845029666
• ISBN 13: 9781845029661
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320