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RIP IT UP!

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As they create genres, smash myths, invent styles and make way for the future, the musicians you’ll meet here keep rock’s fire of rebellion burning. From vintage rock & rollers to bands of the new wave, next wave and beyond, these iconoclasts walk the commercial edge to crash the borders and barriers of popular music.

Weaving firsthand interviews with personal insights, plus notes on recommended recordings, this book salutes the musical anarchists who have ignited generations of players and fans. Whether it’s Ike Turner, who cut the first rock & roll record, or Talking Heads, who were first to fuse new wave with a global groove, Rip It Up! gets to the heart and soul of rock & roll attitude.

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Featuring:

•           Camper Van Beethoven

•           Teenage Fanclub

•           The Kinks

•           Sparks

•           The Louvin Brothers

•           Shonen Knife

•           Peter Case

•           U. Utah Phillips

•           Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

•           Wanda Jackson

•           Ike Turner

•           The Crickets

•           Julie and Buddy Miller

•           Chuck Prophet and Stephanie Finch

•           Tom Verlaine

•           Elvis Costello

•           Talking Heads

•           Anne Magnuson

•           Spiritualized

•           Julian Cope

Denise Sullivan, author of R.E.M. Talk About The Passion, has contributed to rollingstone.com, SF Weekly, Mojo, and other websites, magazines and newspapers, as well as the All Music Guide to Rock.

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Praise for Sullivan’s R.E.M.: Talk About the Passion:

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“It’s like a bunch of people arguing at the laundromat, which is exactly what makes this book so entertaining.” —Rolling Stone

“…the skillfully arranged anecdotes give a human flavor of the band that no text-drenched biography has managed to broach…the pages flash by.” —Q

“A fine rock history…a book to delight the fans and convert the holdouts.” —Booklist

[Backbeat Books Logo, $17.95, ISBN 0-87930-635-1]