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Nöthin' but a good time : the uncensored history of the '80s hard rock explosion / Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock.

Beaujour, Tom, (author.). Bienstock, Richard, (author.).

Summary:

1980s hard rock was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that perfectly encapsulated-- and maybe even helped to define-- a spectacularly over-the-top decade. From the do-or-die early days of self-financed recordings and D.I.Y. concert productions that were as flashy as they were foolhardy, to the multi-platinum, MTV-powered glory years of stadium-shaking anthems and chart-topping power ballads, to the ultimate crash when grunge bands like Nirvana forever altered the entire climate of the business, Beaujour and Bienstock capture the energy and excess of the hair metal years in the words of the musicians, managers, producers, engineers, label executives, publicists, stylists, costume designers, photographers, journalists, magazine publishers, video directors, club bookers, roadies, groupies, and hangers-on who lived it.

Record details

ISBN: 9781250830074
Physical Description: xxi, 535 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Edition: First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Griffin, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / by Corey Taylor -- Cast of characters -- Introduction -- Everybody wants some!! -- Feel the noize -- Knock 'em dead, kid -- Youth gone wild -- The last mile -- Shut up, Beavis -- Epilogue.