X-ray : the unauthorized autobiography / Ray Davies.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davies, Ray, 1944-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Davies, Ray, 1944-.

Davies, Ray.

Rock musicians--England--Biography.

Rock musicians.

England.

Rock music--England--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Genre:

Biographies.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Autobiographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

419 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodstock, N.Y. : Overlook Press, 1995.

Summary:

The shocking and edgy memoirs of Ray Davies, a dedicated enemy of fashion and the lead singer of The Kinks, is the must-read rock book of the year. Subversively brilliant, this one-of-a-kind rock autobiography, ingeniously styled as a biography, is written by a nameless, faceless writer hired by an Orwellian entity called "the Corporation" to capture the essence of Ray Davies, lead singer and song writer of The Kinks and one of the greatest rock and rollers of all time. "R.D". tells the story of his life - or does he? Tales of London and the rock scene of the swinging Sixties evolve in a labrynthine and thoroughly engrossing fashion as the Kinks frontman reveals his life and times to the young writer, often seemingly passing his stories directly into the writer's consciousness. Carnaby street, "Top of the Pops", The Cavern Club, the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, the Who and other fixtures of the times fade in and out of this compelling narrative. Part autobiography, part social history, part psychological thriller, this elusive and daring book exposes rock stardom as the heaven, hell, and purgatory it is.

ISBN:

0879516119

9780879516116

OCLC:

474672201