Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Givony, Ronen
Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Givony, Ronen

Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense

There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums;...
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Author: Ronen Givony
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Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Givony, Ronen

Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense

$492.58
Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense by Givony, Ronen

Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense

$492.58
Author: Ronen Givony
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

There has never been a band like Pearl Jam. The Seattle quintet has recorded eleven studio albums; sold some 85 million records; played over a thousand shows, in fifty countries; and had five different albums reach number one. But Pearl Jam's story is about much more than music. Through resilience, integrity, and sheer force of will, they transcended several eras, and shaped the way a whole generation thought about art, entertainment, and commerce.

Not for You: Pearl Jam and the Present Tense is the first full-length biography of America's preeminent band, from Ten to Gigaton. A study of their role in history - from Operation Desert Storm to the Dixie Chicks; Jeremy to Columbine; Kurt Cobain to Chris Cornell; Ticketmaster to Trump - Not for You explores the band's origins and evolution over thirty years of American culture. It starts with their founding, and the eruption of grunge, in 1991; continues through their golden age (Vs., Vitalogy, No Code, and Yield); their middle period (Binaural, Riot Act); and the more divisive recent catalog. Along the way, it considers the band's activism, idealism, and impact, from "W.M.A." to the Battle of Seattle and Body of War.

More than the first critical study, Not for You is a tribute to a famously obsessive fan base, in the spirit of Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. It's an old-fashioned - if, at times, ambivalent - appreciation; a reflection on pleasure, fandom, and guilt; and an essay on the nature of adolescence, nostalgia, and adulthood. Partly social history, partly autobiography, and entirely outspoken, discursive, and droll, Not for You is the first full-length treatment of Pearl Jam's odyssey and importance in the culture, from the '90s to the present.

Author: Ronen Givony
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 10/15/2020
Pages: 440
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.70lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.30w x 1.70d
ISBN: 9781501360688

About the Author
Ronen Givony is the author of 24 Hour Revenge Therapy (or, The Strange Death of Selling Out), part of Bloomsbury's 33 1/3 series. He is the founder of New York's Wordless Music series and orchestra (wordlessmusic.org)--which the Village Voice named the city's "Best Moderately Snooty Concert Series--and a contributor of liner notes for Nonesuch, Constellation, Thrill Jockey, and Temporary Residence. A native of South Florida, he has worked as a producer for concert venues and music festivals in the US and abroad.
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