All the madmen
Subtitle: Barrett, Bowie, Drake, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, The Who & a journey to the dark side of English rock
By: Clinton Heylin
Publisher: Constable
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781849018807
Subjects: Rock music; Rock musicians; History and criticism
Other titles: All the mad men; Barrett, Bowie, Drake, Pink Floyd, The Kinks, The Who & a journey to the dark side of English rock
Description: By the end of 1968 The Beatles were far too busy squabbling with each other, while The Stones had simply stopped making music; English Rock was coming to an end. This book tells the story of six stars that travelled to edge of sanity: Pete Townsend, Ray Davies, Peter Green, Syd Barrett, Nick Drake, and David Bowie.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, selected discography and index.
Table of contents: title: 1965-68: Here comes that nineteenth nervous breakdown; title: 1969: Something in the water; title: 1970-71: There's more out than in; title: 1971-72: Half in love with easeful death; title: 1971-72: Nowt strange as folk; title: 1972-73: The reclaiming of America; title: 1974-75: The act of (self-) preservation.