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Grit, Noise, and Revolution: The Birth of Detroit Rock 'n' Roll | 
| Author: David A. Carson
Publisher: University of Michigan Press/Regional
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 589378
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 416
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.9
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.7
ISBN: 0472115030
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.660977434
EAN: 9780472115037
ASIN: 0472115030
Publication Date: May 24, 2005
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". . . a great blow-by-blow account of an exciting and still-legendary scene."
-Marshall Crenshaw
From the early days of John Lee Hooker to the heyday of Motown and beyond, Detroit has enjoyed a long reputation as one of the crucibles of American pop music. In Grit, Noise, and Revolution, David Carson turns the spotlight on those hard-rocking, long-haired musicians-influenced by Detroit's R&B heritage-who ultimately helped change the face of rock 'n' roll.
Carson tells the story of some of the great garage-inspired, blue-collar Motor City rock 'n' roll bands that exemplified the Detroit rock sound: The MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Mitch Ryder and the Detroit Wheels, SRC, the Bob Seger System, Ted Nugent and the Amboy Dukes, and Grand Funk Railroad.
An indispensable guide for rock aficionados, Grit, Noise, and Revolution features stories of these groundbreaking groups and is the first book to survey Detroit music of the 1960s and 70s-a pivotal era in rock music history.
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 the books title says it all!!! February 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Being a West Coast/San Francisco Bay Area type of guy I thought that we had the best music scene,boy was I wrong.Compared to Detoit we were mush and milk toast.!! Damn the great hard rockin groups that came out of that area is amazing and the whole scene is all here in one fantastic book.Hats off to Russ Gibbs,John Sinclair, and all of the great bands.I went to the Fillmore West which was nice,but I think,by reading this book,I really would have felt right at home at The Grande! Great reading and the pictures ..........This book is worth a million.. in prizes !
 Doesn't deliver on its promise December 23, 2007
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
For a book called "Grit, Noise, and Revolution", this is one boring read. As someone who lived in Detroit during the period [although the author seems to think the scene was 'dead' by the time I reached high school] I was looking forward to a a great read. Instead... uh. Not sure where the books goes wrong, but although the author has certainly done the research, he manages to make his subject about as interesting as a history of Dutch shipbuilding techniques. The presentation certainly doesn't help; the cover, binding and typography are so ... blah. Even the size gets in the way; it's somehow so unwieldy that, lacking anything of interest on the page, one soon drops it to pick up something, anything, else. For once, Amazon is right in suggesting that you try "Guitar Army"; even the 'new' edition obviously lacks this book's perspective and history, but it does convey some sense of the excitement and sheer fun of being in Detroit at that moment in history; and it has a great cd of musical and 'political' moments.
A great term paper, a boring book. November 4, 2007
My title of this review really says it all. I love so many of the bands written about in this book, but it's just not fun at all to read. That being said, it has tons of really great information and when the when it's the musicians talking, it really is very interesting. I was not surprised that this book took me as long as it did to read (3 weeks), it's just so dull.
exhaustive research March 29, 2007
Growing up in Detroit during the 60s and early 70s was an amazing time for music. I recall seeing many of the bands profiled in this book at malls and small clubs. This book captures the essence and details of this time in incredible detail. Some great stories and details on my two favorites at the time - the Stooges and MC5. I couldn't put it down.
Excellent Presentation of a Historically Significant Period August 13, 2006
As someone from the place and time that is the focus of this book I found it to be very well organized and presented. It was both familiar and at the same time very enlightening for me because it filled in a lot of interesting and important information that I was not aware of at the time. For someone who used to take for granted the exceptional quality of the local music talent in Detroit, I now have a more informed perspective on the how and why that came about. Mr. Carson took on a huge challenge to tie in the industry, the community, the personalities and the politics of the times but he did it admirably.
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