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First Avenue : Minnesota's mainroom
- Title
- First Avenue : Minnesota's mainroom / Chris Riemenschneider.
- Author
- Riemenschneider, Chris
- Publication
- St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2017]
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Details
- Description
- 263 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
- Summary
- One of the longest running clubs in American rock 'n' roll, First Avenue in Minneapolis finally gets the rock-star treatment it deserves in print. This book chronicles the club's storied past, beginning with its impressive inaugural show in April 1970 (Joe Cocker's "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" tour) and through its oft-maligned disco era of the late 1970s. In the 1980s, it earned global attention as the hub of Prince's "Purple Rain" and the incubator for widely revered, wild-eyed indie-rock bands such as the Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum, and Babes in Toyland. The Ramones and R.E.M., Chrissie Hynde and Lauryn Hill, Wilco and the Wu-Tang Clan, and hundreds more played the hallowed halls of First Avenue and 7th Street Entry, and all are immortalized in this volume. First Avenue survived corporate competitors, bankruptcy, and a bitter ownership battle to become one of the most successful independent clubs in the country and ground zero to Minneapolis's thriving community of hip-hop and indie-rock acts. Amidst all that history, the book is interlaced with anecdotes, quotes, and occasionally cloudy memories from musicians, employees, and regulars--many of whom are as unique as the club itself. Chock full of concert photos and memorabilia collected from professional photographers and average fans alike, the book is a lavish celebration of a rock 'n' roll landmark.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Filling a void: First Avenue's prehistory -- Getting rolling with the Depot: 1970-1971 -- Disco and decadence at Uncle Sam's: 1972-1979 -- New name, new attitude: 1980-1981 -- Prince's reign: part 1: 1981-1983 -- Becoming First Avenue: 1982-1990 -- Prince's reign, part 2: 1983-1987 -- The Mainroom goes mainstream, and hip-hop breaks through: the 1990s -- To the brink: 2000-2004 -- The real heyday: 2005 to today.
- Call Number
- JNF 18-88
- ISBN
- 9781681340449
- 1681340445
- LCCN
- 2017024075
- OCLC
- 970684372
- Author
- Riemenschneider, Chris, author.
- Title
- First Avenue : Minnesota's mainroom / Chris Riemenschneider.
- Publisher
- St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2017]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JNF 18-88