Disgraceland Disgraceland

Disgraceland

Musicians Getting Away with Murder and Behaving Very Badly

    • 4.0 • 9 Ratings
    • $14.99
    • $14.99

Publisher Description

From the creator of the popular rock 'n' roll true crime podcast, Disgraceland comes an off-kilter, hysterical, at times macabre book inspired by true stories from the highly entertaining underbelly of music history.
You may know Jerry Lee Lewis married his thirteen-year-old cousin but did you know he shot his bass player in the chest with a shotgun or that a couple of his wives died under extremely mysterious circumstances? Or that Sam Cooke was shot dead in a seedy motel after barging into the manager's office naked to attack her? Maybe not. Would it change your view of him if you knew that, or would your love for his music triumph?

Real rock stars do truly insane thing and invite truly insane things to happen to them; murder, drug trafficking, rape, cannibalism and the occult. We allow this behavior. We are complicit because a rock star behaving badly is what's expected. It's baked into the cake. Deep down, way down, past all of our self-righteous notions of justice and right and wrong, when it comes down to it, we want our rock stars to be bad. We know the music industry is full of demons, ones that drove Elvis Presley, Phil Spector, Sid Vicious and that consumed the Norwegian Black Metal scene. We want to believe in the myths because they're so damn entertaining.

Disgraceland is a collection of the best of these stories about some of the music world's most beloved stars and their crimes. It will mix all-new, untold stories with expanded stories from the first two seasons of the Disgraceland podcast. Using figures we already recognize, Disgraceland shines a light into the dark corners of their fame revealing the fine line that separates heroes and villains as well as the danger Americans seek out in their news cycles, tabloids, reality shows and soap operas. At the center of this collection of stories is the ever-fascinating music industry--a glittery stage populated by gangsters, drug dealers, pimps, groupies with violence, scandal and pure unadulterated rock 'n' roll entertainment.

GENRE
Arts & Entertainment
RELEASED
2019
October 1
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
Grand Central Publishing
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
16.1
MB

Customer Reviews

VySpice ,

Excellent

Book is fantastic!

More Books Like This

Rock Bottom Rock Bottom
1996
The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll The Mammoth Book of Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll
2010
The Dark Stuff The Dark Stuff
2009
The Rock And Roll Book Of The Dead The Rock And Roll Book Of The Dead
2009
Rock 'n' Roll Myths Rock 'n' Roll Myths
2012
The Last Laugh The Last Laugh
2000

Customers Also Bought

Cursed Objects Cursed Objects
2020
Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me
2016
The Lufthansa Heist The Lufthansa Heist
2015
Altamont Altamont
2016
The Rolling Stone Interviews The Rolling Stone Interviews
2007
Carpenters Carpenters
2021