Break it Up

Patti Smith's "Horses" and the Remaking of Rock 'n' Roll

by: Mark Paytress

Break it Up
Author: Mark Paytress

Publisher: Piatkus Books

List price: £ 7.99

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Format: Paperback / softback

Publication date: 04 November 2010

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ISBN: 0749940263 ISBN 13: 9780749940263

Break it Up by Mark Paytress

The story of Patti Smith's debut album 'Horses', which changed rock music forever. Top page

Complete description

Before The Sex Pistols, before The Clash, before The Ramones, there was Patti Smith. The poet laureate of punk, she burst onto a vacuous music scene in the mid-1970s with a raw and revolutionary sound. With the release of her debut album, Horses, rock music would simply never be the same. Using all-new interviews with those close to Smith, Mark Paytress puts the story of Horses into its full context: from the singer's early days to her rapid rise on New York's performance art scene and the key role she played in the emerging art-punk movement at CBGBs. Break It Up tells the unforgettable story of a landmark album, the new rock aesthetic that it brought about, and how Patti Smith became the most influential female rock 'n' roller of all time. Top page

General info

Publisher & Imprint: Piatkus Books

City: London

Pages: 272

More info: height 198 mm width 126 mm

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Age recommended: General/trade

Subject Indexing & Classification Dewey: 782.42166092


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