Prince - Purple Reign

Informationen zum Autor Mick Wall is the UK's best-known rock writer! author and TV and radio programme maker! and is the author of numerous critically-acclaimed books! including definitive! bestselling titles on Led Zeppelin ( When Giants Walked the Earth )! Metallica ( Enter Night )! AC/DC ( Hell Ain't a Bad Place To Be )! Black Sabbath ( Symptom of the Universe )! Lou Reed! The Doors ( Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre ) and Foo Fighters. He lives in England. http://www.mickwall.com/home.htm http://www.mickwall.com/blog/blog.php https://twitter.com/WallMick Klappentext In April 2016 the world lost a music legend. This is the biography of the iconic composer! singer! songwriter and multi-instrumentalist - the inimitable Prince. Zusammenfassung Prince was an icon. A man who defined an era of music and changed the shape of popular culture forever. There is no doubt that he was one of the most talented and influential artists of all time! and also one of the most mysterious. On 21st April 2016 the world lost its Prince; it was the day the music died. This book will open a door to Prince's world like never before - from his traumatic childhood and demonic pursuit of music as a means of escape! to his rise to superstardom! professional rivalries and marriages shrouded in tragedy! internationally bestselling music writer Mick Wall explores the historical! cultural and personal backdrop that gave rise to an artist the likes of which the world has never seen - and never will again. Mick! a lifelong Prince fan! was one of the first UK journalists to ever write about this enigmatic star! and it was his story that put Prince on the cover of Kerrang magazine in 1984 and inspired the biggest mailbag of letters the magazine has ever had. As Prince sang in '7'! 'no one in the whole universe will ever compare'! and this book is a shining tribute to the forever incomparable Prince. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Mick Wall
• Editore: Orion
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.07.2016
• EAN: 9781409169208
• ISBN: 978-1-4091-6920-8
• Pagine: 208
• Categorie: Saggistica > Musica, film, teatro > Biografie, autobiografie; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Monografie; Biographien (div.), Prince