Is This the Real Life?: The Untold Story of Freddie Mercury and Queen
Autor Mark Blakeen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 aug 2012
Despite the death of their exuberant front man Freddie Mercury in 1991, Queen remains one of the most popular bands on the planet, with 300 million global album sales and the biopicBohemian Rhapsody, a "foot-stomping celebration of Queen," hitting theaters. Yet the full story of their extraordinary success and the truths behind the enigmatic Mercury has never fully been told, until now.
Journalist Mark Blake, author of the bestselling Pink Floyd biographyComfortably Numb, has drawn on his own earlier interviews with the band and conducted nearly 100 exclusive interviews with record producers, ex-band members, personal assistants, and school friends, including many of Freddie Mercury's earliest associates, to produce a complete, fascinating account of the band's rise from suburbia to worldwide super-stardom.Is This the Real Life?tells, for the first time, how this groundbreaking band became champions of the world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306820717
ISBN-10: 0306820714
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 16 page of b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
ISBN-10: 0306820714
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 16 page of b/w photos
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 29 mm
Greutate: 0.68 kg
Ediția:First Trade Paper Edition
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
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Notă biografică
Mark
Blakeis
a
former
Assistant
Editor
ofQmagazine,
a
long-time
contributor
to
its
sister
titleMOJO,
and
has
written
forRolling
Stone,
theTimes(London),Classic
Rock,
and
theDaily
Telegraph.
He
is
the
editor
of
two
definitive
music
books,Dylan:
Visions,
Portraits
&
Back
PagesandPunk:
The
Whole
Story,
and
is
the
author
of
the
Pink
Floyd
biographyComfortably
NumbandBring
It
On
Home,
the
biography
of
Led
Zeppelin
manager
Peter
Grant.
Blake
lives
in
London
with
his
wife
and
son.
Recenzii
"Return
to
those
thrilling
days
of
rock
'n'
roll
yesteryear
with
Blake's
engrossing
chronicle
of
talent
and
excess.
It's
another
one
of
those
books
that
inhales
you...Thought
it's
over
400
pages,
it's
the
kind
of
book
you'll
rip
through
in
a
day.
It's
a
thoroughly
enjoyable
read."—Creative
Loafing
Blog
"Mark Blake clearly knows the British-rock-supergroup terrain."—Onion, AV Club
"If you're a Queen fan, don't hesitate to pick this one up...[and] if you have even a passing interest in the story you should give this a shot. You really won't be disappointed."—Examiner.com
"The most comprehensive bio to date about the over-the-top rockers...Blake's book effectively illuminates the band's story and music for both the casual fan and diehards."—Houston Press
"Is This The Real Life?uses interviews with the people who knew the band best to piece together a Behind the Music-style biography. It's extensive and detailed...It's a worthy read."—Instinct
"Blake manages to paint a far more detailed picture than some of his predecessors...Sparkling anecdotes throughout."—MOJO
"A happy medium between fact and anecdote.Real Liferounds out the band's history with plenty of ripe minutiae and lost details...[A] colorful account."—Under the Radar
"Mark Blake clearly knows the British-rock-supergroup terrain."—Onion, AV Club
"If you're a Queen fan, don't hesitate to pick this one up...[and] if you have even a passing interest in the story you should give this a shot. You really won't be disappointed."—Examiner.com
"The most comprehensive bio to date about the over-the-top rockers...Blake's book effectively illuminates the band's story and music for both the casual fan and diehards."—Houston Press
"Is This The Real Life?uses interviews with the people who knew the band best to piece together a Behind the Music-style biography. It's extensive and detailed...It's a worthy read."—Instinct
"Blake manages to paint a far more detailed picture than some of his predecessors...Sparkling anecdotes throughout."—MOJO
"A happy medium between fact and anecdote.Real Liferounds out the band's history with plenty of ripe minutiae and lost details...[A] colorful account."—Under the Radar
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Mark Blake has written the definitive history of one of the greatest rock bands of all time.