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Book SynopsisWelcome to 1985! Live Aid feeds the world, Marty McFly goes Back To The Future, and fifteen year old Richard Cosgrove makes a discovery that changes his life forever - rock music! Plunging headlong into a world of tight trousers, big riffs and bigger hair, the author takes us on a funny, informative and at times poignant journey through the eighties rock scene and his quest to become a guitar hero himself. Along the way he sees landmark early tours by some of the biggest names in rock, falls foul of US border guards at Niagara Falls, narrowly avoids death in a Leicestershire field, and gets caught up in a full scale riot at Rock City. Part memoir, part social history, I Was A Teenage Rock Fan also recounts the impact of rock music on society as a whole, from the advent of AIDS to the rise of MTV, via Hollywood, the dastardly PMRC and even an Australian soap opera. So grab a beer and tune up your air guitar because this tale goes up to eleven!
Table of ContentsTrack Listing Introduction 1 In The Beginning 2 School Daze 3 Big Ten Inch Record 4 Debauchery 5 Into The Void 6 Stranger In A Strange Land 7 Malibu Beach Nightmare 8 Revelations 9 For Those About To Rock 10 Down Down 11 I Wanna Rock 12 Boyz R Gonna Rock 13 Welcome To The Jungle 14 Metal Thrashing Mad 15 For Whom The Bell Tolls 16 Cumin' Atcha Live 17 Rock You All Night Long 18 Black Diamond 19 Just A Gigolo 20 Raise Your Hands 21 Watching You 22 The Camera Eye 23 Ode To Tipper Gore 24 Falling To Pieces 25 Backstreet Symphony 26 Any Way You Want It 27 Out In The Fields 28 Nice Boys (Don't Play Rock And Roll) 29 Mix It Up 30 Let's Get Rocked 31 We're An American Band 32 Strike Up The Band 33 Evil Twin 34 Social Disease 35 Whiplash 36 Do You Wanna Riot 37 Can I Play With Madness? 38 Up Around The Bend 39 Revolution Calling 40 Hello America 41 Breaking The Law 42 Talk Dirty To Me 43 R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A 44 99 In The Shade 45 Shot In The Dark 46 We Care A Lot 47 Hollywood 48 Addicted To That Rush 49 Product Of The Working Class 50 On With The Show 51 From Out Of Nowhere 52 Slow An' Easy 53 Efilnikufesin 54 Nothin' But A Good Time 55 Let Me Go To The Show 56 Fade To Black Tonight's Support Came From...
