Goodbye 20th Century - by David Browne (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Sonic Youth's distinctive, uncompromising sounds have provided a map for innumerable musicians who followed. Browne offers a richly detailed portrait of an iconic band and the times they helped to create. 32 pages of b&w photos.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Rising from the drug-infested streets of '80s New York City, the incomparable Sonic Youth recorded some of the most important albums in alternative music history and influenced an entire generation of indie rockers.<p>They helped spawn an alternative arts scene of underground films and comics, conceptual art, experimental music, even fashion. More than perhaps any band of their time, they brought art previously considered "fringe" into the mainstream--and irrevocably altered the cultural zeitgeist.<p>Based on extensive research, exclusive band interviews, and unprecedented access to unreleased recordings and documents, <i>Goodbye 20th Century</i> is the definitive biography of the Velvet Underground of their generation.</p></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>An expressway to the soul of the influential band.--<i>Vanity Fair</i> <p/>As much a chronicle of the combustion of music and popular culture Sonic Youth helped ignite as it is an earnest portrait of the band and examination of their work...Browne's book will suck you in...He fleshes out the personalities and occasional tensions behind the band's deadpan image.--<i>Los Angeles Times</i> <p/>The whole scene in you-are-there detail.--<i>New York Post</i> <p/>A rollicking, epic biography...Browne cannily opts to tell, in a crisp, novelistic style, the compelling story of the cultural tornado of galleries, rock clubs and unique personalities (Lydia Lunch, Kurt Cobain and Chloë Sevigny, to name a few) Sonic Youth swirled around in, the band's ongoing fight to maintain the purity of their vision, and above all, their shared passion for new ideas and sounds.--Salon <p/>For almost 30 years, Sonic Youth has been one of the most influential and innovative bands in the rock topography...a much-deserved biography.--<i>Rolling Stone</i> <p/>He goads the band...into uncharacteristic chattiness.--<i>Village Voice</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>David Browne</b> is a senior writer at <i>Rolling Stone</i> and the author of <i>Dream Brother</i>, widely seen as the definitive biography of Jeff Buckley. He is also the author of <i>Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young: The Wild, Definitive Saga of Rock's Greatest Supergroup</i>; <i>Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel</i>, <i>James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970</i>; and biographies of Sonic Youth and the Grateful Dead. His 1993 <i>New York Times</i> article, The Unmade Star, was one of the first major stories published on Jeff Buckley. He lives in Manhattan.
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