{"product_id":"ac-dcs-highway-to-hell-paperback","title":"AC DC's Highway to Hell - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Bonomo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReleased in 1979, AC\/DC's \u003ci\u003eHighway To Hell\u003c\/i\u003e was the infamous last album recorded with singer Bon Scott, who died of alcohol poisoning in London in February of 1980. Officially chalked up to Death by Misadventure, Scott's demise has forever secured the album's reputation as a partying primer and a bible for lethal behavior, branding the album with the fun chaos of alcoholic excess and its flip side, early death. The best songs on \u003ci\u003eHighway To Hell\u003c\/i\u003e achieve Sonic Platonism, translating rock \u0026amp; roll's transcendent ideals in stomping, dual-guitar and eighth-note bass riffing, a Paleolithic drum bed, and insanely, recklessly odd but fun vocals. \u003cbr\u003eJoe Bonomo strikes a three-chord essay on the power of adolescence, the durability of rock \u0026amp; roll fandom, and the transformative properties of memory. Why does \u003ci\u003eHighway To Hell\u003c\/i\u003e matter to anyone beyond non-ironic teenagers? Blending interviews, analysis, and memoir with a fan's perspective, \u003ci\u003eHighway To Hell\u003c\/i\u003e dramatizes and celebrates a timeless album that one critic said makes disaster sound like the best fun in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe Bonomo teaches in the English Department of Northern Illinois University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSweat: The Story of the Fleshtones, America's Garage Band\u003c\/i\u003e (Continuum 2007), and \u003ci\u003eInstallations\u003c\/i\u003e (Penguin), a collection of prose poems. His personal essays and prose poems have appeared in numerous literary journals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 6.4 x 4.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169340362887,"sku":"9781441190284","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/d18b1cbd5e4ad49c8f2ad846f085ce4d.webp?v=1733340992","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/ac-dcs-highway-to-hell-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}