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Rock Chicks : The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960s to Now.
Title:
Rock Chicks : The Hottest Female Rockers from the 1960s to Now.
Author:
Stieven-Taylor, Alison.
ISBN:
9781921878367
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (337 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Note from Author -- What is a Rock Chick -- That Indefinable Rock Chick Thing -- The 1960s -- The birth of the rock band -- Janis Joplin Queen of the dionysian rock age -- Marianne Faithfull A fabulous beast -- Tina Turner Shake that thang -- The 1970s -- Protest & punk -- Suzi Quatro: The wild one -- Joan Jett: The prodigal daughter -- Ann & Nancy Wilson: All heart -- Patti Smith: Rock'n'roll's bard -- Stevie Nicks: The white-winged dove -- Debbie Harry: I want that life -- The 1980s -- When dance & pop ruled -- Annie Lennox: An authentic life -- Pat Benatar: The pixie who roared -- Chrissie Hynde: Not a pretender -- Madonna: An immaculate creation -- Kim Gordon: Noise queen -- Chrissy Amphlett: A wild child -- Kim Deal: The real thing -- The 1990s -- Pop princesses & riot grrrls -- PJ Harvey: The reluctant rock star -- Melissa Etheridge: The Boss-ess -- Sheryl Crow: No mistake -- Courtney Love: Through the looking glass -- Alanis Morissette: Emotional overdrive -- Gwen Stefani: Sweet escapee -- The 2000s -- Hip hop & pole dancers -- Kelly Clarkson: Million-dollar babe -- Pink A: rockin' tomboy -- Avril Lavigne: The best bratty thing -- Karen O: Fever pitch -- Discography -- Acknowledgements -- Photographs.
Abstract:
With profiles on hottest rock 'n' roll women spanning from the 1960s to current times, this book has everything there is to know about the most rockin' chicks in history-from Janis Joplin and Suzi Quatro to Courtney Love and Pink With perceptive biographies and in-depth music critiques, this is an up-close and personal look at the experiences, adventures, and musical passions of these extraordinary and talented women whose wild vocals and on-stage antics have made them rock 'n' roll legends. Through personal heartaches, drug addictions, public humiliations, and private nightmares, these rock chicks have risen to take the music world by storm-often facing great personal adversity, pressure, and scrutiny that would have destroyed mere mortal's souls. From Madonna spending years living in squats in New York before going on to sell 250 million records, to Tina Turner surviving the brutal bashings of her husband and then going on stage to perform with broken ribs and contusions-all of these women overcame great obstacles to make some of the most memorable music the world of rock has heard. Their inspiring and entertaining stories, compiled here in this profusely illustrated and thoroughly researched book, make for an adrenaline pumping and compellingly memorable ride through rock 'n' roll history.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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