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Here is an up-to-date, thoroughly researched biography of the
world's most popular pop-punk band. Green Day is almost certainly
the world's most popular pop-punk band. How they got there is the
subject of Green Day: A Musical Biography, the first book to follow
the band from their beginnings through the spring 2009 release of
21st Century Breakdown. Tracing the band's evolution from fiercely
independent punks to a global powerhouse, Green Day starts with the
members' earliest musical influences and upbringing and the
founding of the punk club 924 Gilman Street that shaped their sense
of community. Discussion of their conflicted feelings about signing
to a major label explores the classic rock 'n' roll conundrum of
"selling out," while details of their decline and 2004 rebirth
offer an inspirational story of artistic rejuvenation. Interviews
with the band members and key figures in their lives, excerpted
from punk 'zines and other publications, offer a perspective on
their methods of self-promotion and the image they have chosen to
project over time.
Vikings, those ancient Norse seafarers, have inspired plenty of pop
culture phenomena, from the A&E hit show Vikings to Thor
Ragnarok to the ever-expanding world of Viking larp. Known for
being skilled craftspeople, accomplished merchants, hardworking
farmers, and masters of the sea, the Vikings were a complex and
captivating people.The Viking Hondb?k is an engaging, compelling
guide -- with a sense of humor -- exploring who the Vikings were
and how they lived, from ancient Norse daily life to battles and
adventuring. Readers will learn how Vikings ate, dressed, and
fought, and even how they weaved the perfect beard braid and built
warships and weapons. Interspersed throughout the book are
revealing historical anecdotes about Viking conquests, daily life,
and relationships, with sections covering personal style, family
structure and household, tools and metalwork, sailing and raiding,
fishing and hunting, family and neighbors, swordmaking and
boatbuilding, famous warriors, myths and afterlife, and more. A
two-color design and fifty black-and-white line drawings will bring
the style and details of the Vikings world to life.
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