Brendan Mullen (–2009)
Auteur van Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs
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Oral Visual History 2 exemplaren
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- Overlijdensdatum
- 2009-10-10
- Geslacht
- male
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- 5
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- 228
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- #98,697
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- 4.0
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- 6
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- 6
The book chronicles in impressive detail Crash's childhood and tumultuous personal life and music career. Friends, fans, bandmates, business associates, lovers and others who constituted this singular figure's constellation of ragged stars relate their memorable experiences on Crash, the music, the scene and the time. Artistic lights Pat Smear, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dez Cadena, Genesis P-Orridge, Tomata Du Plenty, Penelope Spheeris, Belinda Carlisle; Slash records founder Bob Briggs; and Crash's intimates Amber, Nicole Panter, Geza X, Tony the Hustler, Donnie Rose and Casey Cola share their memories on an unforgettable character and one hell of a time. From Crash slashing himself and rubbing peanut butter on himself onstage; to the raucous racket the Germs generated live; on to the last bottle flung and well-shot spit spat to the violence and obnoxiousness gleefully committed no detail is spared in this celebration of youthful exuberance and imbecility. Crash's difficult relationship with his troubled mother and his closet homosexuality are discussed all of which contributed to his personal torment which fuelled his downward spiral into alcoholism and drugs and eventual tragedy.
While the work may be a bit too long in its detailed panorama of this colorful and seamy tale, fans will be delighted with this very same dissection of that fascinating and influential time.
One of the best oral histories on music, "Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and The Germs" is a must read for Punk and Rock fans and conoisseurs of L.A. history. A compelling and moving tribute to those whose lives burn to live leaving lasting legacies as intense as their lives are flashingly brief.… (meer)