Sedition and Alchemy: A Biography of John Cale - Softcover

Mitchell, Tim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0720611326 ISBN 13: 9780720611328

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 2003

Synopsis

Written with the full cooperation of John Cale and incorporating exclusive interviews with important figures from all phases of the musician’s 35-year career, this new biography explores the man who has successfully transcended the boundaries between classical and popular music. Cale’s music—from the Velvet Underground onwards—has been a series of passionate assaults on accepted musical forms, and his processes of deconstruction and reconstruction are illustrated by detailed accounts of his albums, live shows and relationships with other artists such as La Monte Young, Brian Eno and Lou Reed. Exhaustively researched, Sedition and Alchemy also contains the first full discography of John Cale’s work to date.

About this title

About the Author:

Tim Mitchell is the author of There’s Something About Jonathan: Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers.

Review:

"On all counts, a must for John Cale fans."  —Uncut

"Tim Mitchell’s biography reminds us just how singular [Cale’s] journey has been . . . Even the danger of overfamiliarity with the Velvet Underground canon can’t blunt the excitement of reading how Cale helped produce such a glorious, unprecedented pile-up of high and low art when he formed the group with Lou Reed in 1965. But arguably the most fascinating aspect of this book is Cale’s post-VU solo career."  —Wire

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0720611326
• ISBN 13: 9780720611328
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256