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PublisherHachette Books

ISBN-100306814781

ISBN-139780306814785

eBay Product ID (ePID)50578138

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Book TitleWhores : an Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2006

TopicComposers & Musicians, General

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorBrendan Mullen

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight17 Oz

Item Length6.6 in

Item Width9.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal781.66/092/2 B

SynopsisJane's Addiction's 1988 breakthrough album, Nothing's Shocking , had a seismic impact. With a bracing combination of metal, punk, and psychedelia, coupled with lead singer Perry Farrell's banshee-ina- wind-tunnel vocals, Jane's Addiction helped put alternative music on the map. The band helped pave the way for the mainstream success of bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Along the way, Jane's Addiction released another classic album, Ritual de lo Habitual (with the hit "Been Caught Stealing"), founded the Lollapalooza festival, and openly celebrated a bacchanalian lifestyle that blurred all lines of gender and sexuality. Drawn from original interviews with the band, their friends, and their musical colleagues, Whores takes readers through Farrell's early sonic experiments with Psi-Com and the formative days of Jane's Addiction to their drug-addled break-up and controversial reunion with 2003's Strays . Along the way it provides a candid, often disturbing glimpse into the dynamic alternative rock scene of Los Angeles in the '80s and '90s., Jane's Addiction's 1988 breakthrough album, Nothing's Shocking , had a seismic impact. With a bracing combination of metal, punk, and psychedelia, coupled with lead singer Perry Farrell's banshee-ina- wind-tunnel vocals, Jane's Addiction helped put alternative music on the map. The band helped pave the way for the mainstream success of bands like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Nirvana. Along the way, Jane's Addiction released another classic album, Ritual de lo Habitual (with the hit "Been Caught Stealing"), founded the Lollapalooza festival, and openly celebrated a bacchanalian lifestyle that blurred all lines of gender and sexuality. Drawn from original interviews with the band, their friends, and their musical colleagues, Whores takes readers through Farrell's early sonic experiments with Psi-Com and the formative days of Jane's Addiction to their drug-addled break-up and controversial reunion with 2003's Strays . Along the way it provides a candid, often disturbing glimpse into the dynamic alternative rock scene of Los Angeles in the'80s and'90s., Mullen penned this oral biography of seminal alternative rock band Jane's Addiction who originated the Lollapalooza festival and captured the spirit of Los Angeles at its most decadent.

LC Classification NumberML421