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Bottlecap, the Virginia-based group introduced in Jeff Gomez's cult favorite Our Noise, traded in life as a small band on a struggling independent label for a lucrative contract with a big Los Angeles company. This should mean more money, more attention - more of all the stuff that comes with fame. But from the minute Mark, Steve and Gary arrive in Los Angeles, they enter a world they don't quite understand. Mark, as a leader of the band, tries to keep things under control, but his own life and his relationship with his new girlfriend Corinne - a native Angeleno and inveterate mallrat - begin to spin out of control. Steve falls under the influence of a neighbor with bad habits while Gary scours the city's thrift stores searching for Atari memorabilia and a love of his own. Confusion reaches its peak when the record company's plans take an unexpected and, to the band, unacceptable turn. They must either completely sell out and surrender the band or take a stand, relegating themselves to commercial obscurity. Or is it already too late? Gomez limns the lives of three young men who are geniuses at everything except what matters.
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Okay, I'm not going to try and talk anyone into buying my book (the last time I tried to convince someone to do something was Prom Night), but I will say that I think this is an entertaining and accurate look at what it's like to be young in the nineties. Years ago, I got so tired of reading novels that featured characters in their twenties only to flip the book over and see that the author was in their forties. I just didn't feel that their view was, or even could be, realistic. There's an old quote that says, "When I want to read a good book, I write one." Well, that's sort of what I've tried to do here, putting down on the page scenes and situations I didn't see too many other writers trying to tackle. Geniuses of Crack is honest and hunny and I think anyone who likes music or has wondered what it's like to be in a band, will get a kick out of this book. You can call it Generation X, but I don't have to like it. You don't have to read it, but I bet you'll like it if you do. Thanks.
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Okay, I'm not going to try and talk anyone into buying my book (the last time I tried to convince someone to do something was Prom Night), but I will say that I think this is an entertaining and accurate look at what it's like to be young in the nineties. Years ago, I got so tired of reading novels that featured characters in their twenties only to flip the book over and see that the author was in their forties. I just didn't feel that their view was, or even could be, realistic. There's an old quote that says, "When I want to read a good book, I write one." Well, that's sort of what I've tried to do here, putting down on the page scenes and situations I didn't see too many other writers trying to tackle. Geniuses of Crack is honest and hunny and I think anyone who likes music or has wondered what it's like to be in a band, will get a kick out of this book. You can call it Generation X, but I don't have to like it. You don't have to read it, but I bet you'll like it if you do. Thanks.
Mark, Gary, and Steve move to Los Angeles when their band, Bottlecap, gets a record contract, only to find themselves lost in a world they don't quite understand, especially after the record company makes an unwelcome change in plans.
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- PublisherTouchstone
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0684831945
- ISBN 13 9780684831947
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages432
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From the author of Our Noise, an engaging and touching tale about the misadventures of a Virginia-based rock band Bottlecap that's "an intricate and richly detailed study in twentysomething generational manners and mores that's almost encyclopedic in scope" (Bret Easton Ellis). Bottlecap, the Virginia-based group introduced in Jeff Gomez's cult favorite Our Noise, traded in life as a small band on a struggling independent label for a lucrative contract with a big Los Angeles company. This should mean more money, more attention--more of all the stuff that comes with fame. But from the minute Mark, Steve, and Gary arrive in Los Angeles, they enter a world they don't quite understand. Mark, as leader of the band, tries to keep things under control, but his own life and his relationship with his new girlfriend Corinne--a native Angeleno and inveterate mallrat--begin to spin out of control. Steve falls under the influence of a neighbor with bad habits while Gary scours the city's thrift stores searching for Atari memorabilia and a love of his own. Confusion reaches its peak when the record company's plans take an unexpected and, to the band, unacceptable turn. They must either completely sell out and surrender the band or take a stand, relegating themselves to commercial obscurity. Or is it already too late? With humor and insight, Gomez limns the lives of three young men who are geniuses at everything except what matters. Fans of Our Noise will welcome this update of Bottlecap; newcomers will find a writer with a rare talent for capturing the mood and the voice of a generation. Bottlecap, the Virginia-based group introduced in Jeff Gomez's cult favorite Our Noise, traded in life as a small band on a struggling independent label for a lucrative contract with a big Los Angeles company. This should mean more money, more attention - more of all the stuff that comes with fame. But from the minute Mark, Steve and Gary arrive in Los Angeles, they enter a world they don't quite understand. Mark, as a leader of the band, tries to keep things under control, but his own life and his relationship with his new girlfriend Corinne - a native Angeleno and inveterate mallrat - begin to spin out of control. Steve falls under the influence of a neighbor with bad habits while Gary scours the city's thrift stores searching for Atari memorabilia and a love of his own. Confusion reaches its peak when the record company's plans take an unexpected and, to the band, unacceptable turn. They must either completely sell out and surrender the band or take a stand, relegating themselves to commercial obscurity. Or is it already too late? Gomez limns the lives of three young men who are geniuses at everything except what matters. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780684831947
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