A Band with Built-In Hate - The Who from Pop Art to Punk (Paperback)

'Ours is music with built-in hatred.' - Pete Townshend A Band with Built-In Hate pictures The Who from their inception as the Detours in the mid-sixties to the late seventies, post-Quadrophenia. It is a story of ambition and anger, glamour and grime, viewed through the prism of pop art and the radical levelling of high and low culture that it brought about - a drama that was aggressively performed by the band. Peter Stanfield lays down a path through the British pop revolution, its attitude and style, as it was uniquely embodied by The Who: first, under the mentorship of arch-mod Peter Meaden, as they learnt their trade in the pubs and halls of suburban London; and then with Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp, two aspiring filmmakers, at the very centre of things in Soho. Guided by contemporary commentators - among them George Melly, Lawrence Alloway and most conspicuously Nik Cohn - Stanfield describes a band driven by belligerence, and of what happened when Townshend, Daltrey, Moon and Entwistle moved from back-room stages to international arenas, from explosive 45s to expansive concept albums. Above all, he tells of how The Who confronted their lost youth as it was echoed in punk.

General

Imprint:	Reaktion Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2022
Authors:	Peter Stanfield
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	280
ISBN-13:	978-1-78914-646-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > Pop art Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General Books > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Rock & pop > General
LSN:	1-78914-646-1
Barcode:	9781789146462

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