Rolling Stones: In Their Own Words
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few rock and roll bands have commanded the cultural throne with the swagger and defiance of the Rolling Stones, and Rolling Stones: In Their Own Words grants readers an unfiltered, direct audience with the kings themselves. Compiled by rock historian David Dalton, this remarkable volume assembles interviews, quotes, and pronouncements from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, and Bill Wyman, allowing the band to chronicle their own extraordinary rise, their infamous controversies, and the raw creative philosophy that fuelled some of the greatest music of the twentieth century. What distinguishes this collection from conventional rock biographies is its insistence on authenticity — the Stones are notoriously guarded, yet here they speak with candour on topics ranging from the dark chaos of Altamont to the alchemical process of songwriting. Dalton, whose credentials as a rock archivist are unimpeachable, presents the material with scholarly precision yet preserves the irreverent, street-smart voice that makes the Stones so compelling. The result is a portrait not merely of a band, but of an attitude — rebellious, self-aware, and utterly uncompromising — that will leave any reader wondering what other truths these five men have yet to tell.
Author: David Dalton
Format: Paperback
Published: 1980, Omnibus Press
Genre: Music
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few rock and roll bands have commanded the cultural throne with the swagger and defiance of the Rolling Stones, and Rolling Stones: In Their Own Words grants readers an unfiltered, direct audience with the kings themselves. Compiled by rock historian David Dalton, this remarkable volume assembles interviews, quotes, and pronouncements from Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood, and Bill Wyman, allowing the band to chronicle their own extraordinary rise, their infamous controversies, and the raw creative philosophy that fuelled some of the greatest music of the twentieth century. What distinguishes this collection from conventional rock biographies is its insistence on authenticity — the Stones are notoriously guarded, yet here they speak with candour on topics ranging from the dark chaos of Altamont to the alchemical process of songwriting. Dalton, whose credentials as a rock archivist are unimpeachable, presents the material with scholarly precision yet preserves the irreverent, street-smart voice that makes the Stones so compelling. The result is a portrait not merely of a band, but of an attitude — rebellious, self-aware, and utterly uncompromising — that will leave any reader wondering what other truths these five men have yet to tell.