5/20/2023 0 Comments MC5 by Brett CallwoodThis meant not only that his interest expanded beyond the colorful front man to the musicians in the band, but that as an author he would seek to bring balance to the story from his point of view. Callwood had little interest in retracing the steps of authors who had gone before him.īecause, you see, Callwood is a fan of the Stooges, of the band the Stooges. He knew that a perhaps inordinate part of that ink covered Iggy’s time in Berlin with David Bowie. He knew that plenty of ink had been spent already covering Jim Osterberg a/k/a Iggy Pop. His new book (and by new I mean expanded, edited and revised from a 2007 book published only in the UK) The Stooges: Head On takes a look at one of Detroit’s (and the world’s, for that matter) most notorious and legendary bands.īut from the beginning of the project, Callwood’s approach would be different. Further, a little bit of controversy rarely hurts: if the author can set forth a provocative assertion or two, that can get people talking.īrett Callwood seems to understand these truths. When the subject is a band, figure or personality in the rock idiom – though in fact this is something of a global truth applicable to much more than rock music – if the author has an angle, a point of view that’s fresh or somehow unique, that can help the book to no end. There are a few characteristics that – when present – enhance the quality and readability of a book.
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