Long Road - Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack of a Generation

"Ever since Pearl Jam first blasted onto the Seattle grunge scene three decades ago with their debut album, Ten, they have sold 85M plus albums, performed for hundreds of thousands of fans around the world, and have even been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In Long Road: Pearl Jam and the Soundtrack Of A Generation, music critic and journalist Steven Hyden celebrates the life, career, and music of this legendary group, widely considered to be one of the greatest American rock bands of all time. Long Road will be structured like a mix tape, using 18 different Pearl Jam classics as starting points for telling a mix of personal and universal stories. Each chapter will tell the tale of this great band; how they got to where they are, what drove them to greatness, and why it matters now."--

About the author

Steven Hyden is the author of This Isn’t Happening, Twilight of the Gods, Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me, and (with Steve Gorman) Hard to Handle. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Billboard, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Grantland, The A.V. Club, Slate, and Salon. He is currently the cultural critic at UPROXX. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife and two children.
 

Summary

A leading music journalist's riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have managed to outlive and transcend the era from whence they came.

Foreword

A leading music journalist's riveting chronicle of how beloved band Pearl Jam shaped the times, and how their legacy and longevity have managed to outlive and transcend the era from whence they came.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Hyden, Hyden Steven
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.11.2023
• EAN: 9780306826436
• ISBN: 978-0-306-82643-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 208 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 240 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; USA, Rock, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Biography: arts & entertainment, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Biography: arts and entertainment