Goneville: A Memoir
A Memoir
$32.63
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
18 December 2016
Summary
In his award-winning memoir, New Zealand writer and musician Nick Bollinger talks with complete candour about his unorthodox childhood, his obsession with music, the impact of a family tragedy, and the journey that would decide the course of his life.Bollinger was just 18 when he went on the road with the band Rough Justice and its smoky-voiced, charismatic leader Rick Bryant. The next two years were sometimes uplifting and exciting, other times enervating and depressing. It was the 1970s and pot was plentiful. Often, though, the band was short of other things- money, food, shelter, and petrol for its increasingly ramshackle, broken-down bus.Goneville is both a coming-of-age story and an intimate look at the evolving music scene in ‘70s New Zealand. It shows how this music intersected - sometimes violently - with the prevailing culture, in which real men played rugby, not rock. Nick Bollinger draws on his own experiences, seeks out key players and unsung heroes - and vividly portrays a divided country, set to shatter apart for a generation.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781927249543 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1927249546 |
| Author: | Nick Bollinger |
| Publisher: | Awa Press |
| Imprint: | Awa Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 18 December 2016 |
| Weight: | 561g |
| Dimensions: | 30mm x 144mm x 214mm |
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Critics Review
‘A compelling collision of social history and vivid first-person stories … Bollinger writes with poetic grace about the dissenters, pioneers and rowdy eccentrics who were blowing amps and minds.’
–GRANT SMITHIES “Sunday Star-Times, Radio New Zealand”‘A triumph - illuminating, generous and occasionally downright hilarious’
–CLIFF FELL‘Nick Bollinger’s Goneville is a story that has long wanted telling: of the 1970s in New Zealand and the homegrown revolution in rock music that shaped the decade and the changes to come - Nick was there through it all, a young man playing bass in various bands and taking it all in. But it’s not just his story. It’s the story of many. Nick Bollinger’s telling of this is a triumph: illuminating, thoughtful and generous. It’s tongue in cheek funny, too, and occasionally downright hilarious. You couldn’t wish for a better guide to those heady times.’
Nick Bollinger takes us back to Wellington in the 1970s and casts a welcome spotlight on some of the unsung heroes of New Zealand rock ‘n’ roll who, in his own words left their ‘handprint on the cave wall of Kiwi rock’. No stone (or stoner) unturned. Good and gritty: New Zealand music history at its finest.
–KARYN HAYNick Bollinger
Nick Bollinger worked as a postie and trained as a teacher before finding an outlet for his musical obsession as a journalist and critic. He was a music columnist for New Zealand Listener for almost 30 years. Since 2001 he has also written, produced and presented music review programme The Sampler for Radio New Zealand. He is the author of two previous Awa Press books, How to Listen to Pop Music (Ginger Series) and 100 Essential New Zealand Albums.
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