In Cold Sweat: Interviews with Really Scary Musicians
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Book Overview
From the chaotic world of music journalism comes this collection of unabridged, unexpurgated interviews with four of the brightest, most influential and complex pop and rock musicians alive: Gene Simmons of Kiss, Peter Hook of New Order, Jerry Casale of Devo, and Scott Thunes of Frank Zappa fame. They are all bass players and they are all plainspoken, profane, stressed out, caustic, antagonistic and on occasion so belligerent they are prepared to engage in psychological warfare with their interviewer. Each interview is illustrated with striking, often candid photographs, and includes an introduction and a postscript. "...the ultimate reason I liked this book was because of the very interesting circumstances of the interviews themselves. These people are almost impossible to get a hold of, let alone interview." - YourFlesh
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0879109564
ISBN13:9780879109561
Release Date:August 2004
Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
Length:306 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
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Not the bee's knees, but well worth owning
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
My reasons for buying this were twofold--the Simmons and Thunes interviews were the largest, and the ones I was most looking forward to. By and large, not for bass guitar purposes, but just to see what stories might come out of either interview, based on length.I was fairly disappointed with the Gene Simmons interview; his penchant for needless self-promotion has been overdone countless times, and it's only when then-KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick comes briefly into the conversation and forces Gene to answer questions properly instead of plugging the latest mediocrity the band has put out.The Scott Thunes interview was one of the best I've read in recent years, due to its decade-spanning reach. He discusses at length his tenure with Frank Zappa, the problems with the '88 tour with other band members, subsequent work with Andy Prieboy (and a very brief cut on Stu Hamm--rightfully so, and you'll know what I mean if you read it). Thunes has a wonderfully fresh (if jaded) outlook on both the music industry and the roll the bassist plays in it.
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