Little echoes of the roaring years of rock brought together in a new volume

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From Sainte-Cécile, in Vendée, where he lives, Laurent Charliot keeps a discerning eye on a musical phenomenon to which he dedicated not less than three books. However, there will be no volume 4, as he assures.

A musician himself, he created the spectacle UK on the rocks au Quai M in 2022.

Inasmuch as music columnist for multiple media and end connoisseur of the Nantes rock scenehe organized a large exposition on this theme Castle of the Dukes of Brittany in 2018.

“Beyond music”

Son amour for the musique started in his childhood, by devouring the covers of vinyls. Very early on, he subscribed to as many magazines devoted to rock as possible, including Best et Rock'n Folkbefore diving passionately into the biographies artists who have marked themusic news for half a century.

He recognizes it easily.

“These little gossips, news items, dramas, curiosities, are not going to revolutionize the history of music, but they illustrate what rock'n'roll was, beyond the music itself. »

For him, the rockers today are more sages. It evokes addictions of all kinds, the scandals and the provocations which have forged the legends of the stars.

“These are stories between myth and reality, true or almost true stories, but we like to believe that they are all true,” he admits, aware that evidence exists often concerning the veracity of numerous anecdotes which can seem improbable.

Incredible but true stories

Everyone will be able to sort things out by discovering these stories sorted alphabetically names of groups or singers.

Among the most unexpected, how can you not smile when you learn that one of the most improbable duos in rock history brought together, in 1993, Chuck Berryrock legend, and Dorothy, who sang Memphis Tennessee for a TF1 show. The video is visible on the internet.

Also astonishing is the nocturnal exit of Freddie Mercurysinger of Queen, in a gay bar of London, accompanied of Lady Diana disguised as a manwho ordered the drinks without being recognized.

In another register, we can also discover thatElvis Presley was karate black belt and that he had adopted and chimpanzee sex maniac and alcoholic in his Graceland mansion, or that Joe Strummerleader of The Clashran the marathon of Paris after ingesting ten pints of beer.

Rock stories Volume 3, from Iéna Éditions, can be found in many booksellers or on the author's online store: iena-editions.com

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