Rock and Hard Places : Travels to Backstages, Frontlines and Assorted Sideshows

What happens when The Prodigy go to Beirut, Def Leppard visit a cave in Morocco, and U2 visit Sarajevo? This account of seven years travelling the world with rock bands gives some of the answers, following the author "going to odd places, behaving strangely, and then writing about it"--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.;CONTENTS; Introduction: THE GREAT LEAP FOREWORD; 1. IN A BLUE YORKE STATE OF MIND Radiohead in America; 2. I'M THE TURBAN SPACEMAN, BABY Afghanistan under the Taliban; 3. BALKAN AFTER MIDNIGHT Sarajevo's rock'n'roll scene; 4. YASSER, I CAN BOOGIE The Prodigy in Beirut; 5. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT MOOSE Green Day in Canada; 6. FRIDAY I'M IN CHICAGO The Cure in America and Canada; 7. APATHY IN THE UK On book tour in Britain; 8. NO SLEEP TILL TRAVNIK China Drum in Bosnia; 9. HUNGRY HEARTLAND Bruce Springsteen in America; 10. THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FEZ Def Leppard in Morocco. Content: CONTENTS Introduction: THE GREAT LEAP FOREWORD 1. IN A BLUE YORKE STATE OF MIND Radiohead in America 2. I'M THE TURBAN SPACEMAN, BABY Afghanistan under the Taliban 3. BALKAN AFTER MIDNIGHT Sarajevo's rock'n'roll scene 4. YASSER, I CAN BOOGIE The Prodigy in Beirut 5. EVERY WHICH WAY BUT MOOSE Green Day in Canada 6. FRIDAY I'M IN CHICAGO The Cure in America and Canada 7. APATHY IN THE UK On book tour in Britain 8. NO SLEEP TILL TRAVNIK China Drum in Bosnia 9. HUNGRY HEARTLAND Bruce Springsteen in America 10. THE FIRST TIME EVER I SAW YOUR FEZ Def Leppard in Morocco. 11. EYE OF THE GEIGER Chernobyl12. STRAIT TO HELL Anzac Day at Gallipoli 13. IF YOU WANT MUD (YOU'VE GOT IT) Woodstock II 14. BASTILLE CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS 1968 revisited, Paris 15. WHOLE LOTTA FAKE KING GOIN' ON Tupelo, Mississippi 16. TAKE THE VEDDER WITH YOU Lollapalooza in America 17. 24 HOURS FROM TUZLA The Bihac Pocket 18. BORNE TEHRAN By IranAir to Caracas 19. (GET YOUR KICKS ON) BEIRUT 66 The Road to Damascus 20. CALIFORNIA SCREAMING Courtney Love in Los Angeles 21. YEN WILL I BE FAMOUS? Alisha's Attic in Japan 22. WHAT TIME IS LOUVRE? To France with Radiohead. 23. IF YOU 'RE LOOKING FOR ROBLE Ambulance chasing with Highway Patrol, Moscow24. MID-LIFE STRAIN TO GEORGIA Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady on theRock'n'Roll Means Well tour 25. CRAZY NORSES Iceland 26. MAGICAL MISSOURI TOUR Branson 27. LEMON ON A JET PLANE Around the world with U2 28. I WANNA BE YOUR ZOG The Blazing Zoos in Albania UPTOWN TOP THANKING Acknowledgements. Andrew Mueller is Australian by birth, a Londoner by choice, a wanderer by nature, and a journalist by profession. Unable to decide between being a rock critic, travel writer, or foreign correspondent, he hit upon the novel, if time-consuming, solution of trying to be all three at once. In Rock and Hard Places , published originally in the U.K. in 1999, now re-envisioned and updated and available for the first time in the United States, he travels to Lebanon with the Prodigy, comes to America with Radiohead, and goes all over the place with U2. He ventures to Bosnia Herzegovina with an aid convoy in the middle of the war, sees Def Leppard play in a cave in Morocco, and attempts to ask the Taliban not only what they think they’re up to, but who they fancy for the World Cup. He flings himself head first down the Cresta Run, sits in Stalin’s armchair, chases ambulances through Moscow, chases some kind of lost tribe in India, wakes up at least once in a park in Reykjavik, and strongly advises avoiding the seafood salad in Sapporo Airport. He’s funny. Occasionally he makes a point. What happens when The Prodigy go to Beirut, Def Leppard visit a cave in Morocco, and U2 visit Sarajevo? This account of seven years travelling the world with rock bands gives some of the answers, following the author "going to odd places, behaving strangely, and then writing about it"--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Abstract: What happens when The Prodigy go to Beirut, Def Leppard visit a cave in Morocco, and U2 visit Sarajevo? This account of seven years travelling the world with rock bands gives some of the answers, following the author "going to odd places, behaving strangely, and then writing about it"--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title Andrew Mueller Couldn't Decide Between Being A Rock Journalist, Travel Writer Or Foreign Correspondent, So He Hit Upon The Idea To Be All Three At Once. Rock And Hard Places Is A Retrospective Of The Backstages, Frontlines And Assorted Stageshows He's Encountered Over The Past 20 Years. Among His Adventures, Andrew Cracks America With Radiohead, Wanders All Over The Shop With U2, And Tunes Into The Music Scene In Bombed-out Sarajevo. He Accidentally Goes To War In Bosnia, Watches Def Leppard Play In A Moroccan Cave, And Tries To Make Sense Of Gallipoli On Anzac Day. He's Funny, Unpredictable And Occasionally Makes A Point. Andrew Mueller couldn't decide between being a rock journalist, travel writer or foreign correspondent so he hit upon the novel, if time consuming, idea of trying to be all three at the same time. This is a retrospective of the backstages, front lines and assorted side shows he's encountered over the past 20 years