Things the Grandchildren Should Know
(Sprache: Englisch)
The extraordinary true story of songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the band Eels. How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? Everett tells the story of what it's like to...
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The extraordinary true story of songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the band Eels. How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family and manage to make something worthwhile of his life? Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a wacky family. Left to run wild with his sister, Everett's upbringing was 'ridiculous, sometimes tragic and always unsteady'. But somehow he manages to not only survive his crazy upbringing and ensuing tragedies, but successfully make critically acclaimed music with the Eels. An inspiring and remarkable story.
Autoren-Porträt von Mark Oliver Everett
Mark Oliver Everett, geboren 1963 in Virginia, ist der Frontmann der Rockband "Eels". Schon in seiner Kindheit hat er eine Vorliebe für Spielzeug-Instrumente entwickelt, was seine spätere musikalische Arbeit entscheidend prägte. In den 1980er-Jahren zog er nach Los Angeles, wo er unter dem Pseudonym E seine ersten beiden Soloalben "A Man Called E" und "Broken Toy Shop" veröffentlichte. Mit seiner Band "Eels" hat er inzwischen elf von der Kritik gefeierte Alben herausgebracht. 2003 komponierte er den Soundtrack zum Film "Levity" mit Billy Bob Thornton und Morgan Freeman.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Mark Oliver Everett
- 2009, Repr., 256 Seiten, mit Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, Maße: 19,3 x 12,3 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: ABACUS
- ISBN-10: 0349120846
- ISBN-13: 9780349120843
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Everett is the Kurt Vonnegut of the rock world."--"Rolling Stone" "One of the best books ever written by a contemporary artist."--Pete Townshend "It is, like the music of Eels, intellectual, wry and unflinching as it conveys complex emotions with simple, graceful language."--"Los Angeles Times
""Everett captures the drama of a suburban Virginia family bedeviled by illness, early death, and madness, and illustrates how such adversities shaped his striking music gifts--and now this pitch-perfect memoir."--"Elle
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