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Beat happening

Parker, Bryan C.2015
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In 1985, Olympia, Washington band Beat Happening released their eponymous debut of lo-fi pop songs on K Records and challenged every conception held about music. At the centre of the group was the enigmatic Calvin Johnson and his revolutionary vision of artistic creation. His foresight and industriousness allowed him to recruit to the K Records roster other free-spirited artists like Beck, Modest Mouse, and Built to Spill long before they gained widespread acclaim. This book, structured as an alphabet book, breaks down the fundamental components that defined Beat Happening's self-titled album. Organised in a light-hearted yet incisive format, each of the book's chapters details a particular facet of the record-band members, historic shows, recording sessions, songs, and ideologies-parts reflecting the album as a whole.
Main title:
Beat happening / Bryan C. Parker.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury, 2015.London : Bloomsbury, 2015.
Collation:
144 pages ; 17 cm.
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Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781628929270 (pbk)
Dewey class:
782.421660922782.42166
Language:
English
BRN:
1806967
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