What makes this book special?
- It is the first and only biography published, to date, of the band.
- Extensive photographic material, some of them unpublished.
- Based on a deep research work on more than 200 references of sources.
- Tour list completo.
- Discography.
What makes this book special?
- It is the first and only biography published, to date, of the band.
- Extensive photographic material, some of them unpublished.
- Based on a deep research work on more than 200 references of sources.
- Tour list completo.
- Discography.
THE BOOK
Brian Robert Setzer, James Robert McDonnell and Leon Drucker are three neighbors of Massapequea, a small town in the county of Nassau, in the state of New York, who share an excessive fondness for music and who after discovering the pioneer artists of the r & r They will start an incredible adventure That will forever change lives and That of Their many fans.
In June of 1980, after gaining a reputation in the local scene, they fly to London, attracted by the explosion of the rockabilly genre , with the intention of spending the summer and trying their luck. Surprisingly, a few weeks later appear on the cover of the influential New Musical Express magazine and some members of the most famous bands (The Clash, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols, The kinks) come to see them and are shocked by their music, their aesthetics and its direct explosives.
Table of Contents
- Massapequa days
- New York, New York
- Stray Cat Strut
- Six lives
- The return
- Other lives
Last confessions
The book in numbers
PHOTOGRAPHS
PAGES
TESTIMONIALS
JUHA TAHTINEN TALKS ABOUT STRAY CATS
Hi Juha, thank you very much for accepting this interview. Juha can you give us some details about you. Where do you live, hobbies, future projects...? A: Hello everyone ! I am 48 years old guy from Finland ( yes, Suomi ). I live in west coast of country in town...
GOSSIPS
GOSSIPS What do Stray Cats, The Meteors, Nick Cave and Peter Punk, a fiction character published in a Spanish comic, have in common? Let's go there… Gossips was a club that was located at number 69 on Dean Street in London. The building, located in Soho, consists...
“40” THE LAST TRACK
"40" THE LAST TRACK It is not a premonition, nor a desire, but a reality. “40” the new work of STRAY CATS is in stores. The first positive point is precisely that, to be able to relive the emotions and sensations of your adolescence, when you went to your record...
