REM are the most influential; prolific and vital American group of the last quarter century. From their humble post-punk beginnings in the college town of Athens; Georgia to their current standing as a global phenomenon; REM have consistently bucked audience expectations and defied music biz rules. This new edition of Tony Fletchers acclaimed biography brings the bands story right up to date; covering the departure of drummer Bill Berry; Michael Stipes increasing role as a spokesman for humane causes; Peter Bucks air-rage trial and the groups music right up to their 2001 Reveal album.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful. When a gargoyle becomes a chimera....By Le StrygeLet me start with a warning. Do NOT purchase this book if you are looking for a glossy coffee table book of pretty pictures. You will be very disappointed.If. however. you wish to read an intensely detailed and thorough examination of the many and varied interpretations placed on the 54 chimeras....(NOT the gargoyles. despite the title). ...placed on the gallery of Notre Dame de Paris by Viollet-le-Duc from 1854 onwards. then this is for you.From their very first appearance. the "chimeres" have fired the imaginations of tourists. artists. politicians. doctors. psychologists of the insane.recorders of sexual deviation. other writers. early photographers and etchers. right up to movie makers and American writers of the gothic novel. Michael Camille examines each of the above groups and how they placed their own personal meanings on those amazing carvings by little known sculptor Victor Pyanet. The works are NOT. as so often supposed. original medieval works. nor even copies of pre-existing originals. but a collection of original fantasy so varied that they have become the stimulus for the wildly differing projections of so many groups. The true gargoyles. (the water-spouts). receive only a brief mention here. This book concentrates on the 54 chimeres. ...and especially the most famous of all known as Le Stryge. featured on the cover.There are dozens of small illustrations in black and white of details. etchings. original designs. documents. photographs and other works inspired by Viollet-le-Ducs composite designs. Many you will not have seen before. This is an in-depth book for those who want to look behind the oft repeated tourist patter. or the trifling and often inaccurate pap so often found in glossy picture books on "Gargoyles". I see some that still identify these particular works as "medieval"!!! Its told in a scholarly but readable style. ...although the author does love to throw in the intellectual word every now and then.I found this book a wonderful addition to my collection. a most thorough and interesting study of a collection of works that still fascinate and inspire us today. ...even as they themselves now succumb to the decay caused by the pollution of the years.Just be warned. .....its definitely NOT a coffee-table lightweight perusal.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great ReadBy KEVGreat book. explaining the symbolism on Notre Dame.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. I was happy to find the bookBy Carl-Erhard LindahlThe book is a bit difficult to find and therefore I was happy to get it. The condition of the book was correctly described. It took a rather long time to reach me and the explanation why it was so was a bit strange. But all is well that ends well
