Walking on the Moon (eBook)

The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock

Chris Campion (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2010
320 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-470-62783-9 (ISBN)

Infos

An unflinching look at the rise of one of the most recognizable names in pop music -The Police

The Police have sold more than 50 million albums, made Rolling Stone's Greatest Artists of All Time list, and finished a triumphant world reunion tour in 2008.

Now British journalist Chris Campion draws on extensive research and new interviews to trace the inside saga of this iconic group, including the unorthodox business strategies employed by manager Miles Copeland that took them to the top and the intense rivalry that drove Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland to split at the height of their success in the 1980s.

• The first comprehensive biography on the band and its music
• Based on extensive research and new interviews with people close to the band
• Traces the group and its members from their earliest days to the present
• Includes 26 black-and-white photographs

Whether you've been a fan of The Police for decades or are discovering their music for the first time, Walking on the Moon will give you new insights into the personalities behind this unique band and their role in the rise of 80s New Wave rock.

Autor

Chris Campion has reported on the world of popular culture- from its center to the extreme edges- for over fifteen years for British publications such as the Observer, the Daily Telegraph, and Bizarre magazine. A former contributing editor to the Dazed & Confused and Vice magazines, he has interviewed superstars, cultural nomads, vagabonds, and outcasts and has reported on subjects as varied as the Norwegian black metal scene, Japanese girl groups, a long-disputed death penalty case in Arkansas, the complicated public life of a celebrity British glamour model, and the cult of personality surrounding a controversial German anatomist.

Inhalt

1 Orphans.

2 Carpetbaggers.

3 Queens of New York.

4 Vive le Punk.

5 Paging Doctor Rock.

6 Welcome to America.

7 Ladies and Gentlemen, the Sensational New Blow Waves.

8 The Organization.

9 Police the World.

10 Gimme Shelter.

11 The New Wave Crusade.

12 Dystopia in Utopia.

13 Destabilize, Desynchronize.

14 Rock of Charity.

15 Classical Gas.

16 Recede, Retire, Retread.

Acknowledgments.

Photographer Biographies.

Notes.

Sources.

Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.1.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Musikgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Schlagworte: Andy Summers • British bands • british rock bands • Chris Campion • Miles Copeland • Music Criticism • Music History • musician biographies • New Wave band • Stewart Copeland • Sting • The Police • The Untold Story of the Police and the Rise of New Wave Rock • Walking on the Moon
• ISBN-10: 0-470-62783-2 / 0470627832
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-62783-9 / 9780470627839