Name: Brand New Beat. The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine
Price: 34.70 EUR
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Author: Peter Richardson
ISBN: 9780520399396

Type

Physical Book

Publisher

University of California Press

Author

Peter Richardson

Year

2026

Pages

368

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.60 x 14.00 cm

ISBN13

9780520399396

Brand New Beat. The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine

Peter Richardson (Author) · University of California Press · Hardcover

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Synopsis "Brand New Beat. The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine"

How the iconic publication's unruly first decade rewrote the rules of journalism. Rolling Stone's first decade was truly rock and roll: chaotic, wild, and unpredictable. Brand New Beat charts the origins and evolution of the magazine during its formative early years in San Francisco. Founded in 1967 by a 21-year-old college dropout, Rolling Stone and its editors were steeped in the Bay Area's counterculture and viewed rock and roll as the animating spirit of a social revolution. Reaching beyond music, the magazine delved into the tempestuous culture and politics of the time. Acclaimed author Peter Richardson takes readers inside the iconic magazine during an era of legendary events, major cultural figures, and unforgettable music. Showing how Rolling Stone became a journalistic juggernaut—nurturing music-focused writers like Cameron Crowe, Lester Bangs, and Greil Marcus as well as New Journalism giants Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe—this book reveals how Rolling Stone both exemplified and critiqued the counterculture. Always more than the definitive rock magazine, Rolling Stone leveraged the power of popular music to deliver groundbreaking coverage of historic events, setting a new standard for the next generation of American journalism.