Name: Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day
Brand: Joel Selvin

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

9780062444264

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Format Books US

Paperback

Format detail

Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-06

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Supplier US

Harpe­r Col­lins

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Sales:8.875

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1 / Extended format: No / Paperback / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Joel Selvin

Genre US

60s & 70s

Label US

Dey Street Books

In this breathtaking cultural history filled with exclusive, never-before-revealed details, celebrated rock journalist Joel Selvin tells the definitive story of the Rolling Stones infamous Altamont concert in San Francisco, the disastrous historic event that marked the end of the idealistic 1960s. In the annals of rock history, the Altamont Speedway Free Festival on December 6, 1969, has long been seen as the distorted twin of Woodstockthe day that shattered the Sixties promise of peace and love when a concertgoer was killed by a member of the Hells Angels, the notorious biker club acting as security. While most people know of the events from the filmGimme Shelter, the whole story has remained buried in varied accounts, rumor, and mythuntil now. Altamont explores rocks darkest day, a fiasco that began well before the climactic death of Meredith Hunter and continued beyond that infamous December night. Joel Selvin probes every aspect of the showfrom the Stones hastily planned tour preceding the concert to the bad acid that swept through the audience to other deaths that also occurred that eveningto capture the full scope of the tragedy and its aftermath. He also provides an in-depth look at the Grateful Deads role in the events leading to Altamont, examining the bands behind-the-scenes presence in both arranging the show and hiring the Hells Angels as security. The product of twenty years of exhaustive research and dozens of interviews with many key players, including medical staff, Hells Angels members, the stage crew, and the musicians who were there, and featuring sixteen pages of color photos,Altamont is the ultimate account of the final event in rocks formative and most turbulent decade.

Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day

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