12 Days on the Road
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (833 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0688112749 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is also the author of 12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America, and he lives in Colorado.. About the AuthorNoel Monk helped stage-manage Woodstock, served as Bill Graham’s right-hand man at the legendary Fillmore East, and worked with rock musicians including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, and the Sex Pistols
Noel Monk helped stage-manage Woodstock, served as Bill Graham’s right-hand man at the legendary Fillmore East, and worked with rock musicians including Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, the Rolling Stones, and the Sex Pistols. He is also the author of 12 Days on the Road: The Sex Pistols and America, and he lives in Colorado.
In the mid-seventies, the Sex Pistols, the most controversial rock-and-roll band ever, erupted out of London, offending everyone from members of Parliament to the rock establishment it sought to unseat. Here is a sensational, "explosive chapter in the history of rock" (Booklist) that is also "a touching and improbable tale of innocence and exploitation" (Kirkus Reviews).. Monk, the Sex Pistols' American tour manager, and veteran journalist Jimmy Guterman. Add to that the early death of band member Sid Vicious, by heroin overdose, and you have all the ingredients for a legend.In January 1978, the Sex Pistols came to the United States for a twelve-day tour, mostly of cities in the Deep South. 12 Days on the Road is an extraordinary moment-by-moment re-creation of that wild adventure by Noel E. With its raw, anarchic sounds, aura of sex and violence, outrageous behavior, and concerts that frequently degenerated into near-riots, the band changed the rules of rock-and-roll forever
Excellent - With A Grain of Salt J. Perkins It's a bit disconcerting to read a factual book where the author speaks of himself in the third person. Consequently he relates events and conversations for which he wasn't present, and he offers up thoughts from inside other people's heads - all stuff he could surmise, yet he presents as factual.Nevertheless, it's an easy read, fascinating and there are enough anecdotes, stories and reflections from Monk when he WAS present for me to excuse the weird third party narrative and its liberties.For a group that made history through . The Road Less Travelled This is a hilarious recounting of the one and only U.S. tour of the Sex Pistols written by the road manager Noel Monk. It has to be funny, because it would be too disgusting otherwise. Monk has his work cut out for him, and faces countless thankless tasks with the dedication of a platoon sergeant under fire.Don't miss the sweeping irony of the underlying theme that the smelly, rude, uneducated, tasteless and surprisingly poor Sex Pistols have contempt for their Southern White audience members. Even these low-lifes can jump in on. "Five Stars" according to Elizabeth V. Husband is a Sex Pistols fanatic and this was a quick and enjoyable read for him.