Rock Shrines: Where the stars' lives ended and the myth began. Englische Originalausgabe - Hardcover

Rock Shrines celebrates the most important venues for anyone thinking of attempting a musical pilgrimage. Whether it's to Elvis' Graceland home in Memphis - where 30,000 fans gather every year to mark his death - or to a small tree in South West London - where T-Rex's lead singer, Marc Bolan, was killed in a car crash - readers can discover a place that means something special to them. Whether you are a music fan, a global explorer looking for a more original spiritual journey or simply an armchair traveller, Rock Shrines is guaranteed to inform and intrigue. Thomas H Green is a journalist based in Worthing. He writes regularly for The Daily Telegraph, Mixmag and Q magazine and is founding editor of the music and lifestyle webzine Beatmag. Music legends like Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly and Michael Jackson may no longer be recording hits, but they live on in their songs and through their fans. Rock Shrines is a unique celebration of the stars who died before their time, and in tribute is a guide to all that is left behind. From the roadside shrine in London, which marks where Marc Bolan s car fatally crashed, to Elvis s Graceland home in Memphis, Rock Shrines covers the essential memorials of Rock s long-lost stars, including locations that attract thousands annually and those that are off the beaten track. Packed with stunning photography of the musicians and their shrines, Rock Shrines also includes souvenir memorabilia for selected stars ranging from Elvis s autopsy report to Lennon s handwritten lyrics of Give Peace a Chance and a telegram from Janis Joplin to a Lover. Rock stars often live loud and hard, squeezing an entire lifetime into a few short vivid years, acting it all out for the rest of us, burning bright, then flaming out, leaving a trail of vibrant notes and sublime lyrics for us to follow. Pamela Des Barres Exclusive, rarely-seen photographs from memorials worldwide Foreword by bestselling author Pamela Des Barres, Queen of the Groupies A unique book the first ever to take shrines and tributes as a theme within this popular subject area Comes with 30 insert facsimiles of rock star memorabilia A fascinating account on the lives and deaths of the stars with a history of how each shrine developed.