| Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction Contributor(s): Mullen, Brendan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306814781 ISBN-13: 9780306814785 Publisher: Da Capo Press OUR PRICE: $21.77 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Biography & Autobiography | Music |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.97" H x 6" W x 8.7" (0.99 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1980's - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |