In Love With These Times: My Life With Flying Nun Records
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (637 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1775540898 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the Author Roger Shepherd is the founder of Flying Nun Records, which he owned and managed throughout the 1980s and 90s, and with which he is still associated. . He helped discover and nurture the careers of many of the country's best known alternative bands, including the Clean, the Chills, the Tall Dwarfs and the Headless Chickens. He lives in Wellington with his wife and children
Start a record label. I wanted to be a part of what was going on. The inside story of New Zealand's iconic independent record label by the man who made it happen. Filled with revealing anecdote and insight, this is the definitive insider history of the one of the most innovative and original record labels of the modern era. Those records and the bands that created them – The Chills, The Clean, Chris Knox and the Tall Dwarfs, The Verlaines, Sneaky Feelings, The Bats, Straitjacket Fits and many more – went on to define an era and create what became known
He lives in Wellington with his wife and children. . He helped discover and nurture the careers of many of the country's best known alternative bands, including the Clean, the Chills, the Tall Dwarfs and the Headless Chickens. Roger Shepherd is the founder of Flying Nun Records, which he owned and managed throughout the 1980s and 90s, and with
Better Than it was Before James Mowat Above expectations, I always preferred the music of the bands I was into than any cult of personality about Roger or the label. Here though Roger has written an honest and balanced account of his life and times as an indie record label owner. He is beyond fair to all and resists pay back or attack, providing measured criticism of others and unflinching self critique of his younger self. What a story, what a time. I missed the Clean first time around, saw the Great Unwashed at the Kumara S. Brilliant read that was personal and historic I am the same age as the author and could relate to everything he wrote. Yes I am a Flying Nun fan but I also enjoyed the way the culture of New Zealand music was described when Flying Nun started. Pretty much how I remember things were back in the late 70s and 80s. In middle age you do begin to say 'do you remember' just like your Parents did but that's not a bad thing. Great read and I highly recommend.. in Christchurch or Dunedin in the eighties you will love this book Paul J If you lived in Christchurch or Dunedin in the eighties you will love this book, whether you are a Flying Nun fan or not. Fans might wish for a more detailed account of the music itself, but this is exactly what it says on the cover- a love letter to a very special time in New Zealand musical history, and how one man grew up in the middle of it. Recommended.