Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
-- These no-holds-barred, no-language-censored interviews feature musicians who may have plenty to hide but aren't inclined to hide anything here.
-- The bass players include Gene Simmons of Kiss, Peter Hook of New Order, Jerry Casale of Devo, and Scott Thunes, the galvanizing force that inspired Frank Zappa's best concert work.
-- The interviews all begin on notes of indifference, bitterness or open hostility and all go on to reveal experiences in the real world of rock that suggest, but don't necessarily explain, why these musicians have become what they are today.
-- There are four current magazines devoted to the bass guitar. Their readers are the obvious market of this book, but so are rock fans of any persuasion anywhere.
Synopsis
From the chaotic world of music journalism comes this collection of unabridged unexpurgated interviews with four of the brightest most influential and complex pop and rock musicians alive: Gene Simmons of Kiss Peter Hook of New Order Jerry Casale of Devo and Scott Thunes of Frank Zappa fame. They are all bass players and they are all plainspoken profane stressed out caustic antagonistic and on occasion so belligerent they are prepared to engage in psychological warfare with their interviewer. Each interview is illustrated with striking often candid photographs and includes an introduction and a postscript. ...the ultimate reason I liked this book was because of the very interesting circumstances of the interviews themselves. These people are almost impossible to get a hold of let alone interview. YourFlesh