King Dave: David Jove and the Hardcore Punk Underworld of Hollywood - Couverture souple

Cooley, Keith David

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798274986199

Editeur : Independently published, 2025

Synopsis

In the early 1980’s Ronald Reagan’s America gleamed on the surface:

polished, confident, and comfortably conservative. Yet beneath the sheen of

optimism, powerful forces simmered in the shadows—hardcore punk emerged

in Los Angeles as a furious rebellion against conformity, thousands of people

needing mental health services were released onto the streets swelling the

homeless, and the nation’s collective imagination was captured by whispers of

alien abductions and UFO sightings. Into this strange, twilight reality emerged

an enigmatic figure known simply as KING DAVE—a man whose life blurred

the lines between truth and myth, genius and madness.

Who exactly was KING DAVE? One of the great mythic characters of

80’s Los Angeles, outrageous, possessed of a lightning wit and intellect,

dangerous to know, always lurking in the shadows. For some, he was a

charismatic genius, the wild visionary who bridged the gap between Hollywood

comedy legends and the explosive punk underground of Los Angeles. To

others, he was an unpredictable provocateur with a dark past and even darker

secrets—a man whose shadowy history connected to legendary scandals in rock

music’s most infamous decade. Rumors followed him relentlessly: a fugitive

from British tabloid infamy; a punk-rock prophet with unsettling secrets; or

perhaps something even stranger, woven into the conspiratorial fabric of a

paranoid era.

KING DAVE takes you deep into an America you never saw on TV—

an America haunted by conspiracy, vibrant with youthful energy, and gripped

by paranoia. It is a story of one man's reckless ambition and his descent into

madness, shaped by—and perhaps shaping—the fringe obsessions of his time.

If you're drawn to tales where truth feels stranger than fiction, where fame

brushes up against the bizarre, and where the reality behind rumors remains

tantalizingly out of reach, then KING DAVE is a mystery you won't want to

miss.

KING DAVE offers a thrilling journey. Based on real interviews and the

wild memories of those who lived it, this is a tale of ambition, conspiracy,

creativity, and paranoia—revealing an America you won’t find in history books,

yet feels vividly, hauntingly real.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Independently published
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798274986199
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 214
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