Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times, and Music of Green Day
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| Rating | : | 4.39 (598 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1401309127 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Green Days story--from rise, to fall, to rise again--has never before been fully told.. Foremost, Nobody Likes You is a story of friendship and the transporting power of playing very loud music. The full story of the rise and spectacular comeback of the band hailed as the saviors of punk rock Its hard to believe that in early 2004 Green Day was considered over--the band was still together, but they were dismissed as a strictly 90s phenomenon, incapable of re-creating the success of their groundbreaking album Dookie. Combining unique access to Green Day with a seasoned journalists nose for a great story, Marc Spitz gives the complete account of the band, from their earliest days to their most recent explosion of popularity and critical acclaim. Then American Idiot debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts, stayed on the charts for nearly 18 months, and went on to sell more than four million records and to win Record of the Year (for "Boulevard of Broken Dreams") at this year's Grammys. It is the story of how high school dropout Billie Joe Armstrong came to write song lyrics that inflamed the political conscience of fans in a way that two Yale graduates couldn't
Edson Marquezani Filho said It's worth a read, but not so complete. The book is worth a read but its content is somehow superficial or incomplete, depending on the reader's expectation. Since it doesn't have any official suport from the band or most closely related people, I think it couldn't be much better, anyway. There's almost no proper interviews with band members, except for reproductions from magazines (mostly Spin).On the other hand, the most relevant part of the book are focused o. More than still! Everyone loves you! Amazon Customer As usual, Green Day exceeds my expectations. The story of a bunch of kids who were just kids, "growing up" out of the East Bay punk scene is vicariously the way a lot of kids grew up in that decade. They let everyone in and to be a part of them. So much love! Still breathing? Still running and jumping loving and playing strong! The revolution has only just begun!. "Definitely something for every Green Day Fan!!!!!!!" according to Natalija. A must read for every Green Day fan!!!!! Such a good book I've already read a bunch of times and it's always a pleasure to read it over and over again :)
Spitz has also contributed features and reviews to The New York Post, Maxim, Nylon, The Washington Post, and GQ and has appeared on CNN, VH1, and MTV. . Marc Spitz is one of only two senior writers at Spin magazine, and has conducted in-depth interviews with some of the biggest modern cultural icons, including Courtney Love, The Strokes, Nine Inch Nails, and Morrissey. The January 2006 issue, f
Spitz, a senior writer for Spin, sympathetically limns the arc of the lads' career from East Bay, California, in informative if unchallenging style. From Booklist After years of failing to duplicate its album Dookie's success, punk-rocking Green Day seemed dead in the water. Then the group's eighth album, American Idiot, hit the top of the charts in 2004 and stayed there, catapulting Green Day back into public attention. An undercurrent of critical disdain had always held that the band purveyed punk lite and was an aggregation of poseurs compared to legendary punk outfits the Clash and the Ramones. Probably headed for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of their commercial success playing punk, a subgenre that has rarely