A completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen via a groundbreaking oral history, composed of more than 50+ hours of interviews with Edward and his family, friends, and colleagues.
A completely new look at guitar legend Eddie Van Halen via a groundbreaking oral history, composed of more than 50+ hours of interviews with Edward and his family, friends, and colleagues.
This book offers an in-depth look at Jimmy Page, the leader and guitarist of Led Zeppelin, through over fifty hours of conversations. It covers topics from the 1960s music scene to his experiences in the band, revealing the media-shy guitarist's life and career.
Pink Floyd's extraordinary career has now spanned four decades, from their early days pushing the cutting edge of British psychedelic pop to their massive successes with moody, conceptual masterpieces like Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here and The Wall, to their acrimonious split with Roger Waters and finally, the immense stadium tours that followed. Throughout, Pink Floyd has influenced everyone from David Bowie to Nine Inch Nails to Radiohead, and their albums continue to have timeless appeal. Now, premier interview journalist Alan di Perna and the editors of Guitar World have collected penetrating interviews and insights into Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Rick Wright to create a vivid portrait of a notoriously reclusive band.
For generations an international symbol of freedom, danger, rebellion, and hedonism, the electric guitar had an explosive impact on music and culture. Now Tolinski and di Perna tell the story of its inventors and iconoclasts, of scam artists, prodigies, and mythologizers as varied and original as the instruments they spawned. They use twelve landmark guitars-- each of them artistic milestones in their own right-- to illustrate the conflict and passion the instruments have inspired.
Jimmy Page was the leader, mastermind, guitarist and producer of Led Zeppelin, described by Rolling Stone magazine as the biggest band of the seventies and unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history.
Brad Tolinsky, renommierter Musikjournalist, interviewte Jimmy Page im Laufe von 20 Jahren regelmäßig. Seiner Meinung nach ist Page grundsätzlich missverstanden, seine Musik habe die Zeiten überdauert und fasziniere noch immer Generationen von Fans, die Jahre nach der Auflösung von Led Zeppelin geboren wurden.„Licht und Schatten“ ist die genaueste Darstellung des öffentlichkeitsscheuen, pressekritischen Jimmy Page, die durch die vielen O-Töne (das Buch basiert auf über 50 Stunden Interviews) einer Autobiografie nahe kommt – eine grundlegende Lektüre für alle Fans und Musikinteressierte.
