Book - Mick: The Wild Life and Mad Genius of Jagger
Christopher Andersen provides this no-holds-barred biography as shocking and uncompromising as Mick Jagger himself, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Rolling Stones and their world tour.
Author: Christopher Andersen
ISBN: 9781451661446
Publisher: Gallery Books
Date: 2012
Excerpt:
Still, as he approached his twenty-ninth birthday, Mick had to face the fact that many of his contemporaries were either dead (Hendrix, Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian) or, like the Beatles and other groups that led the first wave of the British invasion, already beginning to be seen as quaint relics of a bygone era. Newcomers like the Jackson 5 and David Cassidy now vied for every dollar spent by teenage record buyers, while acts like Alice Cooper, the Grateful Dead, The Who, and Led Zeppelin competed for the allegiance of diehard rock fans. At the same time, Elton John, Lou Reed, and David Bowie cashed in on the glam-rock trend that Mick had pioneered.
