Up From Down Under. How Australian Music Changed The World

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fair
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: The Five Mile Press
Publisher Place: Scoresby
Publisher Year: 2013
Edition: First Edition

Description: 260 pages. Book is in Fair condition, there is some general wear, but still presentable.

Publishers Description: Up From Down Under tells the remarkable untold story of how Australian music took over the world. Beginning with Peter Allens unlikely journey from the plains of Tenterfield to the stage of New Yorks Radio City Music Hall astride a camel, no less and charting the rollercoaster rides of the Little River Band, Helen Reddy, the Bee Gees, Olivia Newton-John, Air Supply, Rick Springfield, Men at Work, Keith Urban and recent Grammy-winner Gotye, this broad panorama plots the massive influence our tiny population has had on popular culture over the past 40 years. Along the way Australian artists have collected Grammys, Oscars and sales registering in the hundreds of millions.Up From Down Under also serves as a cautionary tale about the hefty price paid by so many of these big names. The deaths of such stars as INXS Michael Hutchence and Maurice, Robin and Andy Gibb proves that old adage to be true: it really is a long way to the top.

ISBN: 9781743463550