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100 1  Wall, Mick,|eauthor. 
245 10 Eagles :|bdark desert highway : how America's dream band 
       turned into a nightmare /|cMick Wall. 
246 3  Dark desert highway :|bhow America's dream band turned 
       into a nightmare. 
264  1 London :|bTrapeze,|c2023. 
300    ix, 335 pages ;|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
505 0  Side one: Heaven -- Nobody's favourite band -- Scenes from
       the Troubadour, late 1970 -- Asylum and the lunatics that 
       run it -- Everyone dies famous in a small town -- The 
       overwhelming odds against anyone ever becoming the Eagles 
       -- The right advice -- Eagles, no definite article -- 
       Another limp-wristed LA country rock record -- The train 
       leaving here this morning -- Celestial cowboys -- You only
       want the ones that you can't get -- Geffen sells out -- 
       Guitarschlonger -- Already gone -- Gram burns up -- Irving
       makes his move -- Borderline -- Side two: Hell -- Limp 
       handshakes and tense backslaps -- The million-dollar view 
       -- The dark anf the light -- Ooo's for bucks -- Hey buddy,
       you're showing -- Hey Joe -- The Gods -- Eagles poker -- 
       The nest among the stars -- The party plane -- Interlude: 
       irving and Randy -- Can't tell you why -- Tough little 
       sons of bitches -- Some dance to remember -- Some dance to
       forget -- His jacuzzi runneth over -- You just can't kill 
       the beast -- Electric eden. 
520    "'This could be heaven or this could be hell...' So sings 
       Don Henley on their biggest hit, 'Hotel California', and 
       it is true that the Eagles story was one that blurred the 
       ultimate Hollywood highs and subterranean LA lows beyond 
       recognition. The band that embodied the American dream 
       with globe-straddling success, impossibly luxurious lives,
       almost supernatural talent also descended into nightmare 
       with bloodletting betrayal, hate-filled hubris, the 
       skeletons of perceived enemies, brutally discarded lovers 
       and former band mates left unburied on the road behind 
       them. The story of the Eagles is a truly gothic American 
       fable: one of ultimate power and rivers of money; of sex 
       and drugs at a time when both were the lingua-franca of 
       sophisticated So-Cal living; of a band who sang of 
       peaceful easy feelings in public while threatening to kill
       each other in private. Now, for the first time, esteemed 
       music biographer Mick Wall will provide the definitive 
       insight into America's bestselling band of all time, a 
       band who have sold more records than Led Zeppelin and The 
       Rolling Stones combined, exploring their meteoric rise to 
       fame and the hedonistic days of the 70s music scene in LA,
       when American music was taking over the world"--
       Publisher's description. 
610 20 Eagles (Musical group) 
650  0 Rock groups|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Rock musicians|zUnited States|vBiography. 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft