| Description |
ix, 335 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
"'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. |
| Subject |
Eagles (Musical group)
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Rock groups -- United States -- Biography.
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Rock musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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| Added Title |
Dark desert highway : how America's dream band turned into a nightmare. |
| ISBN |
9781409190707 (paperback) |
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1409190706 (paperback) |
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