Research Catalog

Title

Band together : internal dynamics in U2, R.E.M., Radiohead, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers / Mirit Eliraz.

Author

Eliraz, Mirit, 1974-

Publication

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2006.

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Details

Description

264 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Eliraz studies four of the most popular rock bands of the last quarter century. Chapters offer band bios; friends, collaborators and business partners. Discuss structures, general relations, unity, survival, how diverse elements merge into a productive whole; role divisions; the collaborative process; and life on the road; and covers influences on band dynamics; communal life; and band paradigm"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• U2 (Musical group)
• R.E.M. (Musical group)
• Radiohead (Musical group)
• Red Hot Chili Peppers (Musical group)
• Rock groups

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"How the West was won and where it got us" : band bios -- "Begin the begin" : reasons for forming the band -- "Pyramid song" : friends, collaborators, business partners -- "Trip thru your wires" : governing structure and general relations within the bands -- "Feeling gravity's pull" : obstacles to band unity and survival -- "One" : merging diverse elements into a productive whole -- "Where I end and you begin" : role divisions -- "2+2=5" : the collaborative process -- "Road trippin'" : onstage and on the road together -- "Otherside" : external influences on band dynamics -- "Another time, another place" : evolution of the unit's communal life -- "It's the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)" : challenges to the band paradigm.

ISBN

• 9780786426201 (softcover : alk. paper)
• 0786426209 (softcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006025061

OCLC

70839737

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library