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Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion
Nöthin' But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the '80s Hard Rock Explosion | Richard Bienstock, Tom Beaujour
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The New York Times Bestseller The Explosive National Bestseller 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 Nothin' 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 Nothin' 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.
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MicheleR
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There is A LOT Of information in here. The entire book is quotes and anecdotes from so many people involved in the 80's hard rock explosion...from band members to producers to costume designers....all the dirty secrets, and not so dirty ones.

As an 80's teen, I found myself stepping back into time and even going to youtube to watch the old music videos from this era...partially as nostalgia, but also to remember who some of these artists were.

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JenReadsAlot
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This was really in depth so found myself skimming some chapters I didn't care about. But loved the pictures!! #bookspinbingo square @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 3y
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Tiffiney
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I was a punk rocker in the 80ā€˜sā€¦so while hair metal wasnā€˜t my scene, it did play out side by side with the punk rock scene, so I enjoyed reading the stories. As a punk rock girl, I was the antithesis of the rocker groupie girlsā€¦I canā€˜t even relate. But to each their own. Overall fun read!

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AudiobookingWithLeah
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Overall Rating 3Ā½ā­ | Narration šŸ˜ = Okay
Not as good as I hoped it would be...but not bad, either.
The bands above are just some of the bands that you‘ll hear about in this book. While it‘s very comprehensive, covering a little something from each of the 80s hair/glam bands, it‘s not all that in-depth. Although it would have been a lot longer if it had been more in-depth, I guess, and since I already found it to be tedious, I‘m glad it wasn‘t.

Megabooks I was wondering whether to read this. I think given your review and that it‘s over 15 hours long, I‘ll pass. Great review! 3y
AudiobookingWithLeah @Megabooks if you want to see my full review (it's a little longer than this is) it can be seen here on Goodreads... https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3920683115 3y
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Chili
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