Patti Smith's Horses and the remaking of rock 'n' roll
By: Mark Paytress
Edition: Pbk. ed.
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780749940263
Subjects: Rock musicians; Rock music; Influence; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Biography
Description: Before The Sex Pistols, before The Clash, before The Ramones, there was Patti Smith. The poet laureate of punk, she burst onto a vacuous music scene in the mid-1970s with a raw and revolutionary sound and an indelible, gender-bending stage persona. This book tells the unforgettable story of a landmark album, the new rock aesthetic that it brought about, and how Patti Smith became the most influential female rock 'n' roller of all time.
Notes: Originally published as: Break it up. London : Portrait, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-246) and index.

Discography: (p. 241-243).
Table of contents: title: Fallen idols; title: Rising star; title: Horses, or A season in hell; title: After the flood; title: Epilogue: London, 2005.