New York Rocker: My Life in the Blank Generation - Softcover

Valentine, Gary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 028306367X ISBN 13: 9780283063671

Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd, 2002

Synopsis

By 1970, the hippie dream of the 60s was dead - the sound track to revolution had become a multi-million dollar industry, and 'rock' had lost its 'roll'. Glitter tried to save music's soul, but was too commercial to be cutting edge for long. Then in 1974, a rescue movement arrived on the streets of New York City. Within two years it had spread West to California, and then East to London. Punk was born.Three chords, black jeans, a pair of shades and a lot of attitude accompanied music whose intensity matched the hard facts of life on its home ground, New York's East Village. This is a first hand account of this little documented era - of life alongside Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, the Velvet Underground, David Bowie and the New York Dolls, of the gigs at CBGBs hitting the news as Warhol and his glittering crew descended - to its worldwide explosion, with Malcom McLaren hijacking the scene's momentum...

'Gary was pretty much everywhere at the right time . . . it's fortunate that the man who wrote X Offender and Presence Dear survived to tell the tale so well.' MOJO

About this title

About the Author

Gary Lachman, as Gary Valentine, was a founder member of Blondie and wrote the group's early hits. In 2006 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He is also the author of Turn Off Your Mind, a history of the occult counterculture of the 60s.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sidgwick & Jackson Ltd
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 028306367X
• ISBN 13: 9780283063671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256