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100 1  Stamey, Chris,|eauthor. 
245 12 A spy in the house of loud :|bNew York songs and stories /
       |cChris Stamey. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 Austin :|bUniversity of Texas Press,|c2018. 
264  4 |c©2018 
300    x, 277 pages :|billustrations, music ;|c23 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  American Music Series 
504    Discography: pages 276-277. 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    "Popular music was in a creative upheaval in the late 
       1970s. As the singer-songwriter and producer Chris Stamey 
       remembers, the old guard had become bloated, cartoonish, 
       and widely co-opted by a search for maximum corporate 
       profits, and we wanted none of it. In A Spy in the House 
       of Loud, he takes us back to the auteur explosion 
       happening in New York clubs such as the Bowery's CBGB as 
       Television, Talking Heads, R.E.M., and other innovative 
       bands were rewriting the rules. Just twenty years old and 
       newly arrived from North Carolina, Stamey immersed himself
       in the action, playing a year with Alex Chilton before 
       forming the dB's and recording the albums Stands for 
       deciBels and Repercussion, which still have an 
       enthusiastic following. A Spy in the House of Loud vividly
       captures the energy that drove the music scene as arena 
       rock gave way to punk and other new streams of electric 
       music. Stamey tells engrossing backstories about creating 
       in the recording studio, describing both the inspiration 
       and the harmonic decisions behind many of his compositions,
       as well as providing insights into other people's music 
       and the process of songwriting. Photos, mixer-channel and 
       track assignment notes, and other inside-the-studio 
       materials illustrate the stories. Revealing another side 
       of the CBGB era, which has been stereotyped as punk rock, 
       safety pins, and provocation, A Spy in the House of Loud 
       portrays a southern artist's coming-of-age in New York's 
       frontier abandon as he searches for new ways to break the 
       rules and make some noise."--Provided by publisher. 
600 10 Stamey, Chris. 
610 20 DB's (Musical group) 
650  0 Rock musicians|zNew York (State)|zNew York|vBiography. 
830  0 American music series (Austin, Tex.)