Under A Rock

Chris Stein, a musician, photographer, and longtime partner of Debbie Harry, has written an autobiography titled UNDER A ROCK, which explores his Brooklyn boyhood, move to the East Village, and the explosive creativity of the late 1970s. The book reveals Stein's perspective on punk and new wave's artistic and commercial success, and his role in defining the era's sound.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

ONE OF WATERSTONES BEST ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS OF 2024 Sometimes fate deals up a wild card. There's a lot to be said for one of these wild cards, and from what I've learned over the fifty or so years of our friendship, Chris is a card from the unexpected deck - from the foreword by Debbie Harry. Musician, photographer, storyteller, and longtime partner to Debbie Harry, Chris Stein defined the sound of an era, catapulting the icon band Blondie to #1 and selling over 20 million copies of Parallel Lines. In this no-holds-barred autobiography, Stein reveals himself - this time not in songwriting or photography, which he's previously been known for, but in words. From a Brooklyn boyhood, a move across the river to the gritty and fecund East Village in the late 1970s allowed Stein to tap the explosive creativity that defined the era in the city. It was a time when David Bowie and the Ramones were also making music, when Andy Warhol was still alive and promoting Jean-Michel Basquiat's work, when cool was defined not by where you came from but by what you could contribute to culture. UNDER A ROCK is a plunge into that vanished time period, and into the moments that turned the fresh sound and new look of punk and new wave into a giant artistic and commercial sensation. Stein takes us there in this revelatory, propulsive, distinctive memoir.

Weight: 604g
Dimension: 163 x 242 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472157638