Wilco Learning How to Die

Name: Wilco Learning How to Die
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ISBN: 9780767915588

ISBN-10: 0767915585

ISBN-13: 9780767915588

Edition: 2004

Authors: Greg Kot

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By now the story has become music-industry-lore - part cautionary talke, part barometer of the times. When alt-country-cum-experimental rock indie heroes like Wilco turned in their 4th album (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot) to its label Reprise (a division of Warner), fans looked forward to the release of another challenging, genre-bending departure from their previous work. The band hoped to build on their previous, modest sales and critical acclaim but was instead asjed to compromise its artistic integrity for what the Reprise record execs promised would be "radio-friendly" success - and higher record sales. When Wilco wouldn't give, they found themselves without a label. The ultimate irony?…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 6/15/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.17" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English




"You have to learn how to die"



"Speed became an end in itself"



"I got drunk and I fell down"



No Depression



"The loudest record we had ever made"



"Solitude is where I'm bound"



"There was a time, that time is gone"



"It was like watching a prize fight"



"I want to thank you all for nothin', nothin' at all"



"A joyous fuck you"



"I will sing while you croak"



Woody, the Freak Weirdo



"Making a great record doesn't matter"



"Glorified sidemen"



He Fell in Love with the Drummer



"It was a traumatic year"



A Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, Part 2



"A circle can only have one center"



"Judas!"



"Be not so fearful"


Acknowledgments