A01=Ira A. Robbins
Author_Ira A. Robbins
Category=FB
coming of age
David Bowie
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glam-rock
glitter
Keith Moon
London
Marc Bolan
Mott the Hoople
punk violence
sexual awakening
Slade
Soho
songwriting
Sparks
T.Rex
Product details
- ISBN 9780984253944
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 Apr 2020
- Publisher: Trouser Press Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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In Marc Bolan Killed in Crash, a common schoolgirl in 1972 London is pulled into the world of a fading rock star and becomes the secret weapon in a plan to revive his career in the time of glam.
The mysteries of sex and songwriting, connivance, fame, family and the music business collide to bring her to a high-flying life she could never have imagined. But there are consequences. Filled with detailed and knowing musical history as its backdrop, Marc Bolan Killed in Crash is a colorful romp through an all-but-forgotten pop era.
The mysteries of sex and songwriting, connivance, fame, family and the music business collide to bring her to a high-flying life she could never have imagined. But there are consequences. Filled with detailed and knowing musical history as its backdrop, Marc Bolan Killed in Crash is a colorful romp through an all-but-forgotten pop era.
A lifelong New Yorker, Ira Robbins studied to be an electrical engineer but became a music journalist instead. He co-founded Trouser Press magazine in 1974 and ran it until the end, in 1984. He was subsequently an editor at Video magazine, the pop music critic for New York Newsday and editorial director in syndicated radio. He has authored or edited more than a dozen books and contributed to many more. He now runs Trouser Press Books.
