Tony Fletcher etablierte sich in der Musikjournalistik durch die Gründung eines äußerst erfolgreichen Fanzines im Jahr 1977. Seine Arbeit befasst sich eingehend mit Musikgeschichte und -kultur und bietet aufschlussreiche Erkundungen von Künstlern und Bewegungen. Fletcher's Schreiben zeichnet sich durch sorgfältige Recherche und scharfe Analyse aus, die das Wesen musikalischer Phänomene offenbart. Er besitzt die einzigartige Fähigkeit, den Geist einer Ära und den tiefgreifenden Einfluss von Musik auf die Gesellschaft einzufangen. Leser werden seine einfühlsamen und gut informierten Porträts der Musikwelt zu schätzen wissen.
Tony Fletchers Biographie aus dem Jahr 1989 war das erste Buch, das über R. E. M. geschrieben wurde. Nun hat sich Fletcher diesem Thema erneut gewidmet und es mit neuen Interviewaufzeichnungen der Bandmitglieder und Freunde R. E. M. s um zehn weitere Kapitel ergänzt.
A new edition with a new after word and details of John Entwistle's death and The Who's ongoing career.
R.E.M. were one of the biggest, and most important, bands of the last forty years, redefining the sound of the nineties and noughties. With full cooperation from the band Tony Fletcher has pulled back the curtain on one of the last mythical rock groups in this classic musical biography. číst celé
Tony Fletcher's biography of the mysterious Athens, Georgia quartet is enriched by his long-standing connection with the band and their cooperation.
Back in print, Moon is the brilliant and heralded biography of one of rock & roll's most notorious and beloved figures: The Who's legendary drummer Keith Moon. Moon was the bad boy of rock & roll, the most manic member of an aggressive and fabulously successful band, a full-throttle hedonist who lived at the center of an unending party. He was also a musical genius who inspired whole generations of artists, a generous friend to nearly everyone who crossed his path, a guileless man of immense personal charm to whom the sweetest sound on earth was surf music. A generation after his death, Moon is still revered as the greatest drummer in rock history and the single wildest personality in an age of pop excess. Here is the truth behind the legend, the result of years of research in which music journalist Tony Fletcher interviewed dozens of Moon's friends, colleagues, and associates. An instant classic that brilliantly illuminates both the tender and self-destructive sides of this singular personality, Moon is the story of one of the most outrageous rock stars ever born.
From the acclaimed biographer of Keith Moon comes an incisive history of New York's seminal music scenes, encompassing the ways in which the city's indigenous art, literature, theatre, and political movements converged to create such unique sounds, as well as the music's vast contributions to our culture. With great attention to the characters, from trumpet player Dizzy Gillespie to Tito Puente, Bob Dylan to the Ramones, All Hopped Up and Ready to Go takes us through bebop, the Latin music scene, the folk revival, glitter music, disco, punk, and hip-hop, as they emerged from the neighbourhood streets of Harlem, the Village, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens.
Yet for all their brilliance and adoration - their famously energetic live shows routinely interrupted by stage invasions - The Smiths were continually plagued by their reticence to play the game, and by the time of 1987's Strangeways Here We Come, they had split.
So I took solace in The Jam.'As a boy, Tony Fletcher frequently felt out of place. Boy About Town tells the story of the bestselling author's formative years in the pre- and post-punk music scenes of London, counting down, from fifty to number one: attendance at seminal gigs and encounters with musical heroes;
The ultimate book on records by The Clash. An album by album, track by track, examination of every song released by The Clash, from their first single 'White Riot' to Combat Rock and beyond.
The group that rose from cult to worldwide fame. Includes rare photos from the band's personal archives and a complete discography.
