{"product_id":"witness-in-the-dark-cd-9781524401856","title":"Witness in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn electrifying cultural biography of the greatest and last American rock band of the millennium, whose music ignited a generation--and reasserted the power of rock and roll\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 1980, an unexpected group of musical eccentrics came together to play their very first performance at a college party in Athens, Georgia. Within a few short years, they had taken over the world - with smash records like\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eOut of Time\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAutomatic for the People\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c\/i\u003e and\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eGreen\u003c\/i\u003e. Raw, outrageous, and expressive, R.E.M.'s distinctive musical flair was unmatched, and a string of mega-successes solidified them as generational spokesmen. In the tumultuous transition between the wide-open 80s and the anxiety of the early 90s, R.E.M. challenged the corporate and social order, chasing a vision and cultivating a magnetic, transgressive sound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this rich, intimate biography, critically acclaimed author Peter Ames Carlin looks beyond the sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll to open a window into the fascinating lives of four college friends - Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry - who stuck together at any cost, until the end. Deeply descriptive and remarkably poetic, steeped in 80s and 90s nostalgia, \u003ci\u003eThe Name of This Band is R.E.M.\u003c\/i\u003e paints a cultural history of the commercial peak and near-total collapse of a great music era, and the story of the generation that came of age at the apotheosis of rock.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50378075668753,"sku":"CIN1524401854VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1524401854.jpg?v=1750717748","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-de\/products\/witness-in-the-dark-buch-larson-lynne-9781524401856","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}