
Nöthin' but a Good Time
The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
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Narrated by:
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Amy McFadden
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Gary Furlong
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Richard Bienstock
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Tom Beaujour
This program includes introductions read by the authors.
"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)
Nöthin' But a Good Time is the definitive, no-holds-barred oral history of 1980s hard rock and hair metal, told by the musicians and industry insiders who lived it.
Hard rock in the 1980s was a hedonistic and often intensely creative wellspring of escapism that perfectly encapsulated - and maybe even helped to define - a spectacularly over-the-top decade. Indeed, fist-pumping hits like Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It”, Mötley Crüe’s “Girls, Girls, Girls”, and Guns N’ Roses’ “Welcome to the Jungle” are as inextricably linked to the era as Reaganomics, Pac-Man, and E.T.
From the do-or-die early days of self-financed recordings and D.I.Y. concert productions that were as flashy as they were foolhardy, to the multi-Platinum, MTV-powered glory years of stadium-shaking anthems and chart-topping power ballads, to the ultimate crash when grunge bands like Nirvana forever altered the entire climate of the business, Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock's Nöthin' But a Good Time captures the energy and excess of the hair metal years in the words of the musicians, managers, producers, engineers, label executives, publicists, stylists, costume designers, photographers, journalists, magazine publishers, video directors, club bookers, roadies, groupies, and hangers-on who lived it.
Featuring an impassioned foreword by Slipknot and Stone Sour vocalist and avowed glam metal fanatic Corey Taylor, and drawn from over 200 new interviews with members of Van Halen, Mötley Crüe, Poison, Guns N’ Roses, Skid Row, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Twisted Sister, Winger, Warrant, Cinderella, Quiet Riot, and others, as well as Ozzy Osbourne, Lita Ford, and many more, this is the ultimate, uncensored, and often unhinged chronicle of a time where excess and success walked hand in hand, told by the men and women who created a sound and style that came to define a musical era - one in which the bands and their fans went looking for nothin’ but a good time...and found it.
A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press
"Nöthin’ But a Good Time is an unflinching, all-excess look at an era that many snooty critics have written off as stupid, and its pages present a strong case for how people have underestimated the music and the dedication of the musicians who lived it." (Kory Grow, Rolling Stone)
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Critic reviews
"From the streets to the Strip, the studio to the stage, this is an epic tale told by the people that lived it. It's a backstage pass to the wildest and loudest party in rock history - you'll feel like you were right there with us!" (Bret Michaels)
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Brought back good memories
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I’ve got many titles about various musicians including Mötley, Megadeth (Mustain’s and Ellefson’s), Willie Nelson, Paul Stanley, Alice In Chains, Van Halen, Steven Percy, Sebastian Bach, Tom Werman,and others I just can’t recall off the top of my head.
I really like the genre all the way around. As far as demographics: I was born in 1972. I first saw Mötley at an in-store in Austin when I was in 6th grade. I really dig what they are selling and never stopped.
Anyhow, all of that to say that I absolutely loved the audiobook. It was a lot of different stories from a lot of different bands, and most of the info I’d never heard before. As many critics have mentioned, the narrators mispronouncing multiple names is pretty annoying; but at least they are consistent and do eventually get used to it to some degree. In the end it should not be a deal breaker. BUY THIS TITLE.
Exceeded my expectations by a considerable margin! Thank you!
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Good but dense
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A little long, bad narration
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Great book about the best era of rock music
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Good book. Average audio book.
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So Many Memories
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If you love hair bands, this book rocks!
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LOVED. IT.
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Good, but difficult to follow
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