All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life
Pinfield, Matt,Cohen, Mitchell
Language: English
Published by Scribner, 2016
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- Title
- All These Things That I've Done: My Insane, Improbable Rock Life
- Author
- Pinfield, Matt,Cohen, Mitchell
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Publication year
- 2016
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1476793891
- ISBN 13
- 9781476793894
Matt Pinfield is the ultimate music fan. He’s the guy who knows every song, artist, and musical riff ever recorded, down to the most obscure band’s B-side single on its vinyl-only EP import. As a child, music helped Pinfield make sense of the world. Later, as a teenager, Pinfield would approach his music idols after concerts and explain why he loved their music. As an adult, rock music inspired his career, fueled relationships, and, at times, became a life raft.
In this expansive, no-holds-barred memoir Pinfield traces his lifelong music obsession—from the heavy metal that infused his teenage years, to his first encounters with legends like Lou Reed and The Ramones and how, through his post-MTV years, he played a major role in bringing nineties alt rock mainstream. Over his long career Pinfield has interviewed everyone from Paul McCartney to Nirvana to Jay-Z, earning the trust and admiration of artists and fans alike. Now, for the first time, Pinfield shares his five decades of stories from the front lines of rock and roll, exploring how, with nothing more than passion and moxy, he became a sought-after reporter, unlikely celebrity, and the last word in popular music. Featuring a rousing collection of best-of lists, favorite tracks, and artist profiles, All These Things That I’ve Done explains how a born outsider wound up in the inner circle.
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"[Pinfield's] obvious joy for getting to work with the very people who have inspired him since his early days in New Jersey, as a boy listening to records at his parents' home, fills each page with warm humor and insider's knowledge of the rock-and-roll business, from the 1980s through the present."--Shelf Awareness
"Beautifully crafted....Whether its encounters with The Ramones and Lou Reed or interviewing Paul McCartney, Nirvana and Jay Z, Pinfield tells each story with wit, candor and above all a love and an appreciation for the music."--The Interrobang
"One of the defining personalities of classic-era MTV...a frank, funny new memoir."--Salon
"An entertaining, insightful book on the hold that rock music has on its most passionate and devoted fans. Anyone who's been seduced by the power of music will find something to relate to in it."--Clive Davis
"As intensely as any musician or songwriter, Matt Pinfield has walked the walk of rock and roll for decades and in doing so has made and enhanced the careers of dozens of great artists. He also turns out to be a revelatory writer with an ability to express emotionally powerful detail about both his own journey and those of many rock and roll greats. All These Things That I've Done is one of the deepest and most entertaining books ever about rock culture."--Danny Goldberg, author Bumping Into Geniuses
"Pinfield deftly narrates his musical life, offering a fascinating history of rock music told from his passionate perspective...His encyclopedic knowledge of contemporary sounds makes the memoir as informative as it is personal. This is an excellent read for anyone interested in rock's history."--Publishers Weekly
"Matt was the Man for those of us who beheld his rock wisdom on MTV. This is his life as a raconteur, a bon vivant, but most of all a fan who never lost his raw passion and burning heart and gargantuan music appetite. He makes rock & roll fandom sound like a lifelong heroic quest--which it is."--Rob Sheffield, author of Love is a Mixtape
"A true story of a boy's love of music that turned into a career and gave him access to all of his heroes."--Billboard
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