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Synopsis
The first-ever guide to the most ostentatious and over-the-top homes in rock 'n' roll history.
You can tell a lot about people from the way they live, and rock stars are no exception. From Graceland to Neverland, private planes to island hideaways, Rock Stars at Home takes you inside the houses, pools, planes, music rooms, playgrounds, and more of the biggest names in rock and pop and some of the most extravagant home comforts ever known.
Thirty homes are featured inside and their stars homeowners are history's best from the 1950s through today. Elvis Presley, the Beatles, David Bowie, the Jacksons, Prince, Ozzy Osbourne . . . they're all here. Packed with great photos throughout and eye-opening stories of wild behavior and even wilder interior d cor, including insider accounts from those in the know, Rock Stars at Home is an entertaining and informative guide to living life like a rock star.
In addition to 200 glorious photos, entries give insight into each star's life (how they spent their time when at home), from Elvis's extraordinary down-home diet to the wild parties hosted by Keith Richards at Redlands, scene of the famous 1967 drug busts that led to the arrest of Richards, Mick Jagger, and art dealer Robert Fraser. Features throughout focus on specific topics, from the Beatles's psychedelic interiors to the extravagant styles of the MTV Cribs generation.
Synopsis
Enter the most ostentatious and over-the-top homes of rock and roll's greatest stars.
Through hundreds of colorful, jaw-dropping photographs and inside accounts of private abodes, pleasure palaces, gardens, jet planes, and island hideaways, Rock Stars at Home is a breathtaking inside look at the spectacular worlds rock gods and goddesses create for themselves. Whether you love music, interior design, fashion, photography, or just a good bit of gossip about the lifestyles of the rich and famous, this unforgettable look behind closed doors--where the songs were written and the magic happened--will take your breath away.
Among the more than 30 legends whose homes and antics are featured inside are:
- Frank Sinatra
- Ike and Tina Turner
- Bob Dylan
- Jimi Hendrix
- John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- George Harrison
- Freddy Mercury
- Debbie Harry and Chris Stein
- Prince
- Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne
- Mariah Carey
- And many more
Also included are entries on everything from the wild parties hosted by Keith Richards at Redlands to the Beatles's psychedelic interiors and the extravagant styles of the MTV Cribs generation. Whatever your style, you'll find something to love, to envy, and to decry in this homage to decadence. And you'll find yourself asking, where would you want to hang your hat after the world tour wraps?