Name: Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press
Brand: Paul Gorman

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9780500297469

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Paperback

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Limited edition

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2023-07-06

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Hachette

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Paul Gorman

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Music

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Thames and Hudson

Paul Gorman is a highly acclaimed artist known for his exceptional talent in the music industry. With a career spanning over several decades, he has established himself as one of the most influential and respected figures in the field. His unique style blends various genres seamlessly, creating captivating melodies that resonate with audiences worldwide.

Throughout his illustrious career, Paul Gorman has collaborated with numerous renowned performers such as Ron Fish, Scott Morton, Raison Varner, and many others. His ability to bring out the best in each collaboration has earned him widespread recognition and praise from both critics and fans alike.

With an extensive discography featuring countless hits, Paul Gorman continues to push boundaries and redefine what it means to be a true musical artist. His compositions evoke powerful emotions and transport listeners on a mesmerizing journey through soundscapes that are truly awe-inspiring.

Thames & Hudson is an international publisher of beautifully illustrated books. With a passion for visual culture, their titles cover a wide range of subjects including art, architecture, design, fashion, popular culture, photography, history, lifestyle, children’s and gift.

Founded in 1949 by Walter and Eva Neurath, Thames & Hudson remains an independent family-owned company. Today they are one of the world’s leading publishers of illustrated books with over 2,000 titles in print.

Headquartered in London with a sister company in New York and subsidiaries in Melbourne, Singapore and Hong Kong. In Paris, their subsidiary company Interart distributes English-language books throughout France.

A raucous yet reflective look back at the evolution of the music press and the passionate rock and pop journalists who defined the music of the 20th century. Totally Wired is the definitive story of the music press on both sides of the Atlantic, tracing the rise and fall of the creatively fertile media sector which grew from humble beginnings nearly 100 years ago to become a multi-billion business which tested the limits of journalistic endeavour. Covering the music press’s evolution from the 1950s to the 2000s, through rock &amp; roll, Mod, the Summer of Love, Glam, Punk, Pop, Reggae, R&amp;B and Hip Hop, Paul Gorman chronicles the development of individual magazines from Tin Pan Alley beginnings and the countercultural foundation of Rolling Stone, the underground press and the 70s heyday of NME, Melody Maker and Sounds. Illuminated by the author’s first hand interviews, Gorman paints a complete picture of the scene exploring the role played by such writers as Lester Bangs, Charles Shaar Murray and Nick Kent in the development of the careers of the likes of David Bowie, The Clash and Led Zeppelin, and tackling head on the entrenched sexism and racism faced by women and people from marginalized backgrounds by shining a spotlight on those publications and individuals whose contributions have often been unfairly overlooked. Evoking the music press’s kaleidoscopic visual identities, Totally Wired is illustrated with rare and legendary magazine artwork throughout. What emerges is a compelling narrative containing conflicting stories of unbound talent, blind ambition and sometimes bitter rivalries which make Totally Wired a rollercoaster and riveting read.

Totally Wired: The Rise and Fall of the Music Press

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