Spin: Greatest Hits: 25 Years of Heretics, Heroes, and the New Rock 'n' Roll

by Spin Magazine, Tom Morello

The official book celebrating the 25th anniversary of SPIN magazineFrom its first issue in 1985, SPIN has cultivated a reputation for brilliant writing and broad musical coverage, including genres and artists long abandoned by its competitors. From punk to electronica, goth to gangsta rap, emo to garage rock, and hip-hop to indie rock, SPIN has covered it all and featured interviews with leading artists through every musical wave of the last 25 years.Greatest Hits brings together some of the classic stories that have appeared in the magazine, each with a new introduction by the author offering historical perspective on the article.Compiles the best articles from well-known writers such as Chuck Klosterman, Jonathan Ames, Elizabeth Gilbert, and David HajduFeatures the best SPIN interviews with Lou Reed, Noel Gallagher, Chuck D, and other influential musiciansIncludes hilarious sidebars such as Six Extreme Metal Bands That Could Be Mistaken for Flavors of Herbal Tea, Six Misguided Attempts to Falsify Rock History, and morePacked with great writing and information spanning a quarter-century of iconic music and musicians, Greatest Hits is an essential keepsake for music fans and lovers of pop culture.

Genres: Music

272 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2010

Reviews

[Sr. Lado Brillante · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿La gente aún lee revistas sobre música? ¿Todavía existen? ¿La gente aún respeta la Spin? ¿A la Rolling Stone? ¿Hay adolescentes que aún descubren a la que será su banda favorita por leer una reseña?
Nos hemos olvidado que, después de todo, este tipo de revistas son periodismo. Sirven para reportar y registrar los eventos.
Y en eso cumple su función este libro.
¿Que pasaba con The Revolution cuando estaban de gira con Prince al sacar Purple Rain?
¿Cómo fue que Rage Againts The Machine termino en Rusia mientras Tom Morello usaba una gorra que decía "Comunista"?
¿Qué paso en el aniversario de Woodstock?
¿Qué paso con Charles Manson?
No todas las historias son entretenidas, pero hay muchas que nos sacaran una sonrisa y nos permitirán apreciar como han pasado los años.

[Leah Kucera · Rating 4 out of 5]

great airport read. full of fun tidbits. like, joanna newsom’s related to the CA governor? and that one of public enemy’s greatest bops was a clapback to a spin album review? intermittently VERY much a product of its time(s) but overall solid sampling of a byegone era of feature writing.


fun fact: this also features a wild-in-retrospect Dave Eggers preface …. me: “OHHHH he’s OITNB’s jason biggs IRL, huh.”

[meg (the.hidden.colophon) · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of essays about my favorite music from a great magazine: all I could’ve really asked for. It started out promising but just ended up being a drag by the end. A few of the essays were engaging but I personally didn’t care for most of them.

[Chris Leroux · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good representation of the magazine and why I was a subscriber for as long as I can remember (RIP).

[Scott Butki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used to regularly read Spin magazine - less for the rock gossip but more for the fascinating articles. This book is a walk back through some of their excellent music-related journalism.