Dave Thompson

Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (eBook, ePUB)

The Dangerous Glitter of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When Lou Reed and Iggy Pop first met David Bowie in the fall of 1971, Bowie was just another English musician passing through New York City. Lou was still recovering from the collapse of the Velvet Underground, and Iggy had already been branded a loser... Yet within two years they completely changed the face of popular music with a decadent glamour and street-level vibe. With Bowie producing, Reed''s Transformer album was a worldwide hit, spinning off the sleazy street anthem "Walk on the Wild Side." Iggy''s Raw Power, mixed by Bowie, provided the mean-spirited, high-octane blueprint for Punk. Bowie boosted elements from both Iggy and Reed to create his gender-bending rock idol Ziggy Stardust. Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell is the story of this friendship and the incredible productivity and debauchery that emerged from it. Presented here for the very first time are their stories interwoven in a triple helix of sexuality, glam rock, and drugs - as seen through the eyes of the people who made it happen.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 330
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617134098
• Artikelnr.: 55112131

Autorenporträt

Dave Thompson is the author of over 150 books, including cowritten autobiographies with Motown songwriting legends Eddie and Brian Holland, rock photographer Bob Gruen, and New York punk heroes Sylvain Sylvain and Walter Lure, among others. He has also written biographies of James Taylor, Paul Simon, and the Pogues. He is the editor of Goldmine's industry standard record price guides. He lives in Newark, Delaware.