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The Photography Of Mark Weissguy Weiss

Author: Mark Weiss and Richard Bienstock  

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"Mark is the real deal. He may not play the guitar, but that camera is his guitar. He's a rockstar." - Gene Simmons

"Mark Weiss is like a member of our family." - Ozzy Osbourne

"His pictures say as much as the music" - Rob Halford

"He was one of the guys. He wasn't one of the 18 photographers you'd work with that day." - Alice Cooper

"He had that instinct, to recognize our energy and use his technical talent to capture it." - Joe Perry

Mark "Weissguy" Weiss set an unmatched standard for rock photography. Starting out as a teenager by sneaking into concerts with a neighbor's 35mm camera, he embarked on a legendary career that took him around the globe and onto some of the most memorable album and magazine covers in rock history- featuring the likes of Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, and Moetley Crue to Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and KISS, and so many more. With 700+ photos, brand new interviews, and stories from Mark himself, Decade that Rocked is a monument to the photography, friendships, and legacy of an artist that helped define one of rock's most iconic eras.

This career-spanning collection features:

A unique lens on the golden age of rock: Never-before or rarely seen photos of legends like Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, and Moetley Crue to Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Bon Jovi, and KISS, as well as countless others whose sound and image defined the era. Exclusive interviews: Ozzy Osbourne, Dee Snider, Nikki Sixx, Joe Perry, Rob Halford, and many more recall their memories of this era-defining decade. Untold Stories: Relive Mark's unbelievable journey through rock history, from getting arrested for selling photos outside of Kiss concert to touring with legends like Van Halen, to photographing Bon Jovi's infamous "Slippery When Wet" shoot, shooting backstage at Live Aid with Black Sabbath, and so many more. Definitive Lens: Creem magazine readers ranked Mark Weiss as rock's top photographer of the 80s. His work has appeared on some of the most iconic album and magazine covers of all time.

Captured from the unique vantage point of a photographer who lived and breathed the '80s in all its grit and glory, The Decade That Rocked brings to life the no-holds-barred sounds and sights that changed the world of hard rock and metal forever.

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“"Mark Weiss is a rock star. If he didn't have a camera hanging around his neck, it would be a Les Paul guitar." ”

"Mark Weiss is a rock star. If he didn't have a camera hanging around his neck, it would be a Les Paul guitar." Gene Simmons, Kiss"

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About the Author

Mark "Weissguy" Weiss is world-renowned, photographing legends from Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith, and Moetley Crue to Metallica, Guns N' Roses, and Bon Jovi. Weiss's iconic images capture the artists onstage and behind the scenes. He visually documented historic events including the US Festival, Live Aid, the Moscow Music Peace Festival, and the PMRC hearings in Washington, DC. His photographs have been published in thousands of magazines worldwide.

Richard Bienstock is a journalist and musician whose writing has appeared in numerous U.S. and international outlets, including Rolling Stone, Billboard, Guitar Player, and Classic Rock. He is a former senior editor of Guitar World and executive editor of Guitar Aficionado magazines, and has authored several books, among them Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, the official companion to the 2015 film of the same name. He is also the author of an upcoming oral history on the 1980s hard rock industry, to be released by St. Martin's Press.

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This world-class photography book, exclusively featuring the work of photographer Mark Weiss, documents the superstars of '80s rock, showcasing era-defining images as well as never-before-published photographs, exclusive interviews with the icons of the era, and behind-the-scenes stories from the decade's most historic concerts, festivals, music video shoots, and backstage moments. Here the images that defined rock's most riotous era are presented along with the wild stories behind them. Learn what went down at the photo shoot for Bon Jovi's Slippery When Wet --including the scouting trips to the Jersey Shore in search of the "Slippery Girl" for the infamous cover that was shelved in the U.S.--and on set during the shooting of Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It" and "I Wanna Rock," Mtley Cre's "Smokin' in the Boy's Room," Ozzy's "Miracle Man," Warrant's "Cherry Pie," and Bon Jovi's "Bad Medicine." The Decade That Rocked chronicles, for the first time, Weiss's collected work, delivering a powerful illustrated homage to the flash flood of sex, spandex, music, makeup, and mayhem that hit the '80s hard rock scene like a hurricane. All photographs 2014 Mark Weiss

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Product Details

Publisher
Insight Editions
Published
5th May 2020
Pages
304
ISBN
9781608871445

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07 Jan, 2021
Great book with entertaining and interesting stories and photographs
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