The Stone Roses
By Alex Green
2006
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The Stone Roses shows a band sizzling with skill, consumed with drive and aspiration and possessing an almost preternatural mastery of the pop paradigm. This book explores the political and cultural zeitgeist of England in 1989 and attempts to apprehend the magic ingredients that made The Stone Roses such a special and influential album.
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Author
Alex Green
Author · 2 books
Alex Green is the author of the critically acclaimed collection Emergency Anthems, as well as the novel The Heart Goes Boom and The Stone Roses, which is part of the 33 1/3 series on seminal rock and roll albums. He is the Founder of Stereo Embers Magazine and the host of the weekly program Stereo Embers: The Podcast. A native of California, Alex currently teaches in the English Department at St. Mary's College of California, where he also served as the Distinguished Visiting Writer in Non-Fiction in 2011.
