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Praise for Lollapalooza: ""In the tradition of Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's Please Kill Me and their own Nothin' But a Good Time, Bienstock and Beaujour spliced together dozens of interviews with musicians, producers, staff, and others on the scene to craft an epic story of 1990s rock and roll as filtered through the heroin-hazy lens of the granddaddy of American music festivals... Essential addition to any rock history library."" ―Kirkus ""The Lollapalooza tour defined ""alternative culture"" in the nineties with lineups that bridged rock, hip-hop, and performance art. The book, Lollapalooza, collects the musicians' unbelievable-yet-true stories into an indispensable page turner and shows how a tour like Lollapalooza could never happen the same way again."" --Kory Grow, Rolling Stone ""Lollapalooza defined a generation, and who better to hear it from than the people who lived it? A must-read."" ―Daniel Kohn, SPIN ""Drawing from an impressive array of interviews with band members, music journalists, and festival organizers, the authors vividly capture the chaos of the festival's early days...The result is a colorful, captivating slice of music history."" ―Publishers Weekly ""Lovers of 1990s alternative rock music... will enjoy this unflinching look at music festival culture and the rise and fall of alternative rock."" ―Booklist Praise for Nothin' But A Good Time: ""A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history―you'll feel like you were right there with us!"" ―Bret Michaels of Poison ""Beginning with the early days of Quiet Riot and Van Halen, the book takes the reader through glam's ascent from L.A. clubs to arenas everywhere, spending equal time on Crüe-style debauchery and the behind-the-scenes business that made these bands superstars, through the arrival of Nirvana, which turned the hair metal craze into poison overnight."" ―Booklist ""Lively, comprehensive... An engrossing deep dive into a lurid, free-wheeling monument in pop music."" ―Kirkus ""Revolver cofounder Beaujour and former Guitar World editor Bienstock give heavy metal a flamboyant retrospective in this raucous oral history...Metalheads and those with a fondness for the over-the-top antics that marked the genre and era are in for a treat."" ―Publishers Weekly ""Tom and Rich ― the two music journalists most likely to be called as expert witnesses in a court case about hair metal ― have compiled a fun, funny, and frightening chronicle of the so-called 'Decade of Decadence' with interviews from every major player in the scene."" ―Kory Grow, Rolling Stone ""Sure, there's plenty of sex, drugs and rock & roll but, like the best rock books, Nöthin' But a Good Time is really about people and their stories. Those stories attest to the power of hard work, ambition, friendship and community. And that's what makes this hilarious, sordid and deeply researched book so inspiring."" ―Michael Azerrad, author of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 and Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana ""No stone is left unturned in this deep dive into the bands you love, and the bands you love to hate. This book goes to 11."" ―Katherine Turman, co-author, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal

"Praise for Nothin' But A Good Time: ""A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history―you'll feel like you were right there with us!"" ―Bret Michaels of Poison ""Beginning with the early days of Quiet Riot and Van Halen, the book takes the reader through glam's ascent from L.A. clubs to arenas everywhere, spending equal time on Cr�e-style debauchery and the behind-the-scenes business that made these bands superstars, through the arrival of Nirvana, which turned the hair metal craze into poison overnight."" ―Booklist ""Lively, comprehensive... An engrossing deep dive into a lurid, free-wheeling monument in pop music."" ―Kirkus ""Revolver cofounder Beaujour and former Guitar World editor Bienstock give heavy metal a flamboyant retrospective in this raucous oral history...Metalheads and those with a fondness for the over-the-top antics that marked the genre and era are in for a treat."" ―Publishers Weekly ""Tom and Rich ― the two music journalists most likely to be called as expert witnesses in a court case about hair metal ― have compiled a fun, funny, and frightening chronicle of the so-called 'Decade of Decadence' with interviews from every major player in the scene."" ―Kory Grow, Rolling Stone ""Sure, there's plenty of sex, drugs and rock & roll but, like the best rock books, N�thin' But a Good Time is really about people and their stories. Those stories attest to the power of hard work, ambition, friendship and community. And that's what makes this hilarious, sordid and deeply researched book so inspiring."" ―Michael Azerrad, author of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 and Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana ""No stone is left unturned in this deep dive into the bands you love, and the bands you love to hate. This book goes to 11."" ―Katherine Turman, co-author, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"

"Praise for Nothin But A Good Time: ""A backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history―you'll feel like you were right there with us!"" ―Bret Michaels of Poison ""Beginning with the early days of Quiet Riot and Van Halen, the book takes the reader through glam's ascent from L.A. clubs to arenas everywhere, spending equal time on Cr�e-style debauchery and the behind-the-scenes business that made these bands superstars, through the arrival of Nirvana, which turned the hair metal craze into poison overnight."" ―Booklist ""Lively, comprehensive... An engrossing deep dive into a lurid, free-wheeling monument in pop music."" ―Kirkus ""Revolver cofounder Beaujour and former Guitar World editor Bienstock give heavy metal a flamboyant retrospective in this raucous oral history...Metalheads and those with a fondness for the over-the-top antics that marked the genre and era are in for a treat."" ―Publishers Weekly ""Tom and Rich ― the two music journalists most likely to be called as expert witnesses in a court case about hair metal ― have compiled a fun, funny, and frightening chronicle of the so-called 'Decade of Decadence' with interviews from every major player in the scene."" ―Kory Grow, Rolling Stone ""Sure, there's plenty of sex, drugs and rock & roll but, like the best rock books, N�thin' But a Good Time is really about people and their stories. Those stories attest to the power of hard work, ambition, friendship and community. And that's what makes this hilarious, sordid and deeply researched book so inspiring."" ―Michael Azerrad, author of Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991 and Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana ""No stone is left unturned in this deep dive into the bands you love, and the bands you love to hate. This book goes to 11."" ―Katherine Turman, co-author, Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal"

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TOM BEAUJOUR is a journalist as well as a co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Revolver, America's premier hard rock and heavy metal monthly. Beaujour has produced and mixed albums by Nada Surf, Guided by Voices, the Juliana Hatfield Three, and many others. He is also the New York Times bestselling co-author of Nothin' But a Good Time. RICHARD BIENSTOCK is a journalist whose writing has appeared in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Spin, and other publications. He is a former senior editor of Guitar World magazine and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine. He has authored and co-authored several books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. He is also the New York Times bestselling co-author of Nothin' But a Good Time

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