From Morrissey and Nick Cave to The Streets and Kanye West, this is the book that explores the links between hip-hop and rock. Reynolds has focused on two strands: white alternative rock and black street music. He's identified the strange dance of white bohemian rock and black culture, how they come together at various points and then go their own way. Through interviews he has carried out as a top music journalist for the last twenty years Reynolds is here able to tell a story of musical rivalry which no-one has told before.
The approach is similar to Rip It Up and Start Again: a cultural history told through the music we love and the stars and movements that have shaped the world we live in.
- ISBN10 159376460X
- ISBN13 9781593764609
- Publish Date 24 May 2011 (first published 3 May 2007)
- Publish Status Active
- Publisher Counterpoint
- Imprint Soft Skull Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 448
- Language English