UID:
kobvindex_ZLB34022765
ISBN:
9780062190857
Content:
" The sharp, lyrical, and no-holds-barred autobiography of the iconoclastic writer and musician Richard Hell, charting the childhood, coming of age, and misadventures of an artist in an indelible era of rock and roll... From an early age, Richard Hell dreamed of running away. His father died when he was seven, and at seventeen he left his mother and sister behind and headed for New York City, place of limitless possibilities. He arrived penniless with the idea of becoming a poet,ten years later he was a pivotal voice of the age of punk, starting such seminal bands as Television, the Heartbreakers, and Richard Hell and the Voidoids—,hose song ",lank Generation",remains the defining anthem of the era. Hell was significantly responsible for creating CBGB as punk ground zero,his Voidoids toured notoriously with the Clash, and Malcolm McLaren would credit Hell as inspiration for the Sex Pistols. There were kinetic nights in New York's club demi-monde, descent into drug addiction, and an ever-present yearning for redemption through poetry, music, and art. ",e lived in the suburbs in America in the fifties,",Hell writes. ",y roots are shallow. I'm a little jealous of people with strong ethnic and cultural roots. Lucky Martin Scorsese or Art Spiegelman or Dave Chappelle. I came from Hopalong Cassidy and Bugs Bunny and first grade at ordinary Maxwell Elementary.",How this legendary downtown artist went from a prosaic childhood in the idyllic Kentucky foothills to igniting a movement that would take over New York's and London's restless youth cultures—,nd spawn the careers of not only Hell himself, but a cohort of friends such as Tom Verlaine, Patti Smith, the Ramones, and Debbie Harry—,s just part of the fascinating story Hell tells. With stunning powers of observation, he delves into the details of both the world that shaped him and the world he shaped. An acutely rendered, unforgettable coming-of-age story, I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp evokes with feeling, clarity, and piercing intelligence that classic journey: the life of one who comes from the hinterlands into the city in search of art and passion. "
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Rezension(1): " Since retiring from music in 1984, Richard Hell has focused primarily on writing. He is the author of the journals collection Artifact , the novels Go Now and Godlike , the collection of essays, notebooks, and lyrics Hot and Cold , as well as numerous other pamphlets and books. Hell has published essays, reportage, and fiction in such publications as Spin , GQ , Esquire , the Village Voice , Vice , Bookforum , Art in America , the New York Times , and the New York Times Book Review . From 2004 to 2006 he was the film critic for Black Book magazine. He lives in New York City. " Rezension(2): "New York Times:A rueful, battle-scarred, darkly witty observer of his own life and times." Rezension(3): "Los Angeles Times:In his poetic memoir, I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp , Hell takes us on a tour of a lost world and stakes out his place in cultural history." Rezension(4): "Boston Globe:This valuable book... is not only an absorbing cultural history but also a clear-eyed story that superbly channels the attitude expressed in the first blurt to his best-known song 'Blank Generation': I was saying let me out of here before I was even born." Rezension(5): "The Observer:Mr. Hell has an excellent new memoir, I Dreamed I Was a Very Clean Tramp , that describes that wild, reckless and important era in downtown Manhattan with candor, wit and reverence." Rezension(6): "Time Out New York (4 Stars):Hell is an enthusiastic reporter of the critical artistic crossover of the avant-garde art scene and the world of punk rock... his account rings true and it entertains... a treasure both to those present during gritty, heady '70s NYC and to those not." Rezension(7): "Publishers Weekly (starred review) :Hell brings his searingly honest songwriting style to this candid and page-turning memoir... [Hell's] portrait of the artist searching for himself offers a glimpse into his own genius as well as recreating the hellishness and the excitement of a now long-gone music scene in New York City." Rezension(8): "Anthony Bourdain:[Hell] almost single handedly created 'punk' as we know it Few people have been as important—,et as underappreciated as Richard Hell. Poet, musician, fashion icon and terrific, terrific writer. Chances are, you have been deeply influenced by Richard Hell your whole life. You just didn't know it." Rezension(9): "Luc Sante, award winning author of Low Life :Richard Hell designed and executed a sustained performance of rock stardom as if he had invented the concept himself. Radically self-aware, he wields prose keen as a diamond knife, sharpened by the light of the moon." Rezension(10): "Legs McNeil:An exquisite snapshot of early punk possibility—,hat so beautifully captures the exuberance of starting a band!" Rezension(11): "Thurston Moore:Charming and impossible, Hell is the first (and best!) name in punk rock. His insights are informed by the romance of running away to the mystery heard in the rowdy grooves of a dirty LP or in the pages of a thumbed book of verse." Rezension(12): "Kathleen Hanna: Tramp gave me the same feeling I had as a kid... I cozied up and fell in love with a world that wasn't mine. There are very few books that make me want to start writing my own,this is one of them." Rezension(13): "Dean Wareham:Other rock bios are tasteful and cautious —,you feel the writer take you to a certain point but then pull back... Hell will take you right there, and that is why this book is an honest and special treat." Rezension(14): "〈a href=http://www.publishersweekly.com target=blank〉〈img src=https://images.contentreserve.com/pw_logo.png alt=Publisher's Weekly border=0 /〉〈/a〉: Starred review from February 25, 2013 Hell', fashion styleâ,€torn clothing and the ubiquitous safety pins, spiked hairâ,€and the protopunk music of his bands Television and the Heartbreakers, influenced numerous early punk rockers, such as Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols. Hell brings his searingly honest songwriting style to this candid and page-turning memoir of his life, from childhood until the end of the 1970s. Hell takes us on a journey through his youth in Lexington, Ky., his boredom with school, his attempts at running away, his to move to New York in the 1970s, and his struggles with drug addiction. Hell recalls that when he started having a band in the late 1960s, the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and the Kinks provided what excited him most in music: ",t was fast, aggressive, and scornful, but complicated and full of feelings.",He recounts seeing Patti Smith for the first time and being blown away by performances that were seductive and funny,she was like a ",ebop artistâ,€¦,off to a whole other plane beyond the beyond.",Hell', memoir spills over with recollections of his times with Andrew Wylie, Sid Vicious', girlfriend Nancy Spungen, and rock critic Lester Bangs. In 1976, the Voidoids debuted at CBGB,the following year, Hell descended into drug addiction. Hell', refreshingly candid portrait of the artist searching for himself offers a glimpse into his own genius as well as recreating the hellishness and the excitement of a now long-gone music scene in New York City. "
Language:
English
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