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 Fargo
Rock City : A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota
by Chuck Klosterman
The year is
1983, and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. The only problem
is he's in the fifth grade, his hair's too short, his pants are
too denim, and the town's too small. The Huey Lewis and the News
song blaring out of the radio isn't helping, either. That's when
Chuck's brother arrives home with a cassette tape from hell --
Mötley Crüe's Shout at the Devil. And so the twisted journey begins...
In the hilarious,
young-man-growing-up-with-a-soundtrack tradition, Fargo Rock
City chronicles Klosterman's formative years and the history
of rock through the lens of '80s heavy metal. He knows what it's
like to slow-dance to a Poison tune; to sleep innocently under
Satanic symbols; to confess your lust for Lita Ford; to understand
that Bon Jovi sounds best in a pick-up; to shoot baskets as a
member of the KISS Army; to get intellectual about Guns N' Roses;
and, yes, to have a nasty relationship with your first ATM card.
With a voice
like Ace Frehley's guitar, Chuck hacks and riffs his way through
this savvy, deliriously funny memoir of growing up a shameless
metalhead in Wyndmere, North Dakota. Against all odds, he parties
like a rock star. Your story may be exactly the same or completely
different, but if you grew up anywhere close to the Eighties,
then your life has been touched by hair metal. Chuck Klosterman
is here to explain why that matters. (Amazon.com)
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