The Motor City has a story to tell. It's wild. Colorful. Over the top. And loud. It's the story of Detroit rock music, one of the city's most recognized and venerated art forms. Motor City Breakout is the first book to chronicle this living history, in the voices of those who made the sounds and those who consume them with near spiritual devotion. For decades, Detroit has been an enormously significant hotbed of raw musical energy. This is perhaps the only place in the world where a pioneering punk band like MC5 fits comfortably next to a hip-hop star like Eminem on the musical family tree. That's because both have been stamped with the Motor City brand: primal, gritty, bombastic. It's a distinctive standard, and one that's been vastly influential.
Language
English
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
Release
April 01, 2005
ISBN 13
9781572436244
Motor City Breakout: The Untold Story of Music in Detroit
The Motor City has a story to tell. It's wild. Colorful. Over the top. And loud. It's the story of Detroit rock music, one of the city's most recognized and venerated art forms. Motor City Breakout is the first book to chronicle this living history, in the voices of those who made the sounds and those who consume them with near spiritual devotion. For decades, Detroit has been an enormously significant hotbed of raw musical energy. This is perhaps the only place in the world where a pioneering punk band like MC5 fits comfortably next to a hip-hop star like Eminem on the musical family tree. That's because both have been stamped with the Motor City brand: primal, gritty, bombastic. It's a distinctive standard, and one that's been vastly influential.