Van Halen Exuberant California, Zen Rock'n'roll |
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| Author:
| Scanlan, John |
| Series title: | Reverb Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-86189-916-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Reaktion Books, Limited
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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'I hate the word maturing,' singer David Lee Roth once said. 'I don't like the word evolving - or any of that bullshit. The point is to keep it as simplistic, as unassuming, and as stupid as possible.' In keeping with Roth's sentiment, Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock'n'roll follows the band's pursuit of the art of artlessness, and describes how they characterize what historian Kevin Starr terms 'Zen California' - a state of mind and way of being...
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'I hate the word maturing,' singer David Lee Roth once said. 'I don't like the word evolving - or any of that bullshit. The point is to keep it as simplistic, as unassuming, and as stupid as possible.' In keeping with Roth's sentiment, Van Halen: Exuberant California, Zen Rock'n'roll follows the band's pursuit of the art of artlessness, and describes how they characterize what historian Kevin Starr terms 'Zen California' - a state of mind and way of being that above all celebrates 'the now'. In rock'n'roll terms it stands for the unregulated expenditure of energy, for a youthful exuberance that seems destined to extinguish itself.