Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who

Marsh, Dave

ISBN 10: 0859650839 / ISBN 13: 9780859650830

Published by Plexus Publishing, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Before I Get Old: The Story of the Who
• Publisher: Plexus Publishing
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0859650839
• ISBN 13: 9780859650830
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very good

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Synopsis

Before I Get Old is one of the best books ever written about rock’n’roll, discarding much of the mythology that often surrounds a lesser informed appraisal of the Who. It tells the story of six personalities – songwriter and guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, drummer Keith Moon and singer Roger Daltrey, plus their original managers Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp.
Here are the band’s origins within the steamy nightlife of London, their meteoric rise to fame, the laughter and the pathos, the craziness of the world they inhabited, the drugs, the destruction, the vandalism, the debts – and, of course, the music. In short, every element that makes up the fascinating, shocking and hilarious story of the Who.
Before I Get Old is essential reading, an exhaustive study of an exhausting band who always lived up to their legend.

About the Author

Author Dave Marsh founded Creem magazine at the age of nineteen. He was the Newsday rock critic from 1973 to 1974, before joining Rolling Stone as an associate editor and columnist in 1975. He went on to become a best-selling author and has also contributed to a wide variety of New York-based and national publications, chiefly on his specialist subjects of rock ’n’ roll and sports.