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Spin: 20 Years of Alternative Music: Original Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Techno, and Beyond

by Will Hermes

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ISBN10: 0307236625
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Twenty years ago, SPIN magazine began with the promise to feature uncompromising writing about the music that was turning on/freaking out the Reagan generation. Through the introduction of MTV and the alternative rock revolution, it's been many things. Rude. Brilliant. Soulful. Snotty. Angry. Delirious.

In the past two decades, genres have spawned like mad, from goth, indie rock, and gangsta rap to emo and the garage rock revival. This twentieth-anniversary tribute celebrates the passion and fury of the music, with original essays, quotes, and photographs by contributors who are as hopelessly obsessed with it as you are.

SPIN: 20 Years of Alternative Music features: Alan Light on Beastie Boys, Ann Powers on U2, Charles Aaron on R.E.M., Dave Eggers on The Smiths + Morrissey, Marc Spitz on Goth, Simon Reynolds on Depeche Mode + Synth-pop, Dave Itzkoff on ’80s Teen Movies, Chuck Klosterman on Weezer, Will Hermes on Radiohead, Neil Strauss on Nine Inch Nails + Industrial, Sacha Jenkins on Public Enemy, Andy Greenwald on Emo, RJ Smith on Gangsta Rap, Jon Dolan on The White Stripes, Chris Norris on Nirvana, Doug Brod on Oasis + Britpop, Jim DeRogatis on Smashing Pumpkins, Laura Sinagra on Courtney Love, Ta-Nehisi Coates on Tupac

Synopsis:

Music's top journalists celebrate "Spin" magazine's 20th anniversary with original essays tracing the history of alternative rock.

About the Author

Will Hermes is a senior contributing writer for SPIN and a frequent contributor to NPR’s All Things Considered, among other outlets. He is the author of the blog fiction Loose Strife.

Sia Michel is the editor in chief of SPIN. She won a 1999 ASCAP Deems Taylor Award for her reporting on the highly controversial death of hip-hop icon Notorious B.I.G. and is the first woman to be named editor in chief of a major rock music magazine.

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ISBN:
9780307236623
Subtitle:
20 Years of Alternative Music: Original Writing on Rock, Hip-Hop, Techno, and Beyond
Editor:
Michels, Sia
With:
Michels, Sia
Editor:
Michels, Sia
Editor:
Hermes, Will
Author:
Spin Magazine, Edited with Will Hermes and Sia Michel
Author:
Spin Magazine
With:
Hermes, Will
Publisher:
Three Rivers Press (CA)
Subject:
Reference
Subject:
History
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Alternative
Subject:
History & Criticism - General
Subject:
Genres & Styles - Rock
Subject:
Alternative & Indie
Subject:
Popular culture -- History -- 20th century.
Subject:
Alternative rock music.
Publication Date:
September 2005
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
288
Dimensions:
9.78x7.42x.67 in. 1.84 lbs.

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