The Beastie Boys: the secret history

· Harper Collins
3.5
8 reviews
Ebook
35
Pages

About this ebook

Alan Cross is the preeminent chronicler of popular music.

Here he provides a short history of The Beastie Boys from the group's founding through Hello Nasty.

This revised and updated look at the group -- "Three MCs and One DJ" -- is adapted from the audiobook of the same name.

Ratings and reviews

3.5
8 reviews
adam turner
September 20, 2013
What a perfect read. Alan Cross is one man I wish to meet.

About the author

Alan Cross is an internationally known broadcaster, writer, blogger and speaker.

In his 30 years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music. He’s also written four reference books on alt-rock, recorded four audiobooks, written liner notes for dozens of CDs and contributed to magazines and other publications in Canada and the US. He’s also a sought-after college and university lecturer, writes a weekly national music column for Metro and travels to music festivals all over the world.

His new radio show is The Secret History of Rock, which runs across Canada and in the US. Alan has been deeply involved exploring the present and future relationships between music, technology and social networking.

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