Why ac dc matters by anthony bozza

We were younger. I was still playing with my Star Wars figures and Batman and stuff. All those posters kind of scared me. I was sort of into it, though. It was like seeing my first horror movie; I was really into being scared. I remembered, I was almost terrified to find out what they sounded like. Then when I did hear the shrieking and the guitars, I was totally scared but totally intrigued.

I'd say it started pretty early and it never let up. The book is full of fascinating stories and insights from musicians, fans, music scholars and the author. I felt like the subjects were obvious. Want to Read. Rate this book. Music Nonfiction Biography. More Details. Anthony Bozza 21 books 23 followers. Anthony Bozza is living the life many only dream about. As the bestselling author of seven books, including the autobiographies of Slash, Tommy Lee, Artie Lange and Tracy Morgan, Bozza has both the ear and the trust of rock and pop culture royalty.

Bozza co-founded Igniter with fellow bestselling author Neil Strauss. But his knowledge and love of music quickly let to his big break after a friend turned him on to a then-unknown white rapper called Eminem. Bozza championed Eminem, singing his praises to his editors a year before he was even signed to a record deal. By , Bozza had done it all, so he left Rolling Stone to focus on writing books, but by no means has he lost his love for the music scene and how it speaks to and reflects the state of our society.

The book wisely focused not only on Eminem himself, but on how his success as a white rapper spoke to the state of race and culture in America. From there, Bozza has never looked back. He went on to work with comedian Artie Lange, whose autobiography Too Fat to Fish debuted at 1 on The New York Times bestseller list and remained on the list for 22 weeks. Bozza lives in New York City. Search review text. Paul Christensen. Author 6 books 65 followers. In another two generations, rock and roll will be seen as degenerate clown music, as quaint as Victorian music hall or Tin Pan Alley, only funnier.

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