num_pages: 320
description: The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers an eye-opening exploration of the state of classic rock its past and future the impact it has had and what its loss would mean to an industry a culture and a way of life.Since the late 1960s a legendary cadre of artistsincluding the Rolling Stones Bob Dylan Neil Young Bruce Springsteen Fleetwood Mac the Eagles Black Sabbath and the Whohas revolutionized popular culture and the sounds of our lives. While their songs still get airtime and some of these bands continue to tour its idols are leaving the stage permanently. Can classic rock remain relevant as these legends die off or will this major musical subculture fade away as many have before Steven Hyden asks.In this mix of personal memoir criticism and journalism Hyden stands witness as classic rock reaches the precipice. Traveling to the eclectic places where geriatric rockers are still making music he talks to the artists and fans who have aged with them explores the ways that classic rock has changed the culture investigates the rise and fall of classic rock radio and turns to live bootlegs tell-all rock biographies and even the liner notes of rocks greatest masterpieces to tell the story of what this music meant and how it will be remembered for fans like himself.Twilight of the Gods is also Hydens story. Celebrating his love of this incredible music that has taken him from adolescence to fatherhood he ponders two essential questions: Is it time to give up on his childhood heroes or can this music teach him about growing old with his hopes and dreams intact? And what can we all learn from rock gods and their musicare they ephemeral or eternal?
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title: Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock
publisher: Dey Street Books