Killer show [electronic resource] : The Station nightclub fire, America's deadliest rock concert / John Barylick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barylick, John.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nightclubs--Fires and fire prevention--Rhode Island--West Warwick.

Nightclubs.

Fires--Rhode Island--West Warwick.

Fires.

Station (Nightclub : West Warwick, R.I.)--Fire, 2003.

Station (Nightclub : West Warwick, R.I.).

Great White (Musical group).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hanover : University Press of New England, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The definitive book on The Station nightclub fire on the 10th anniversary of the disaster

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; 1 | Sifting the Ashes; 2 | Mill Town Watering Hole; 3 | Rock Impresarios; 4 | Only Rock 'N' Roll; 5 | That Ain't No Way to Have Fun, Son; 6 | Lucky Day; 7 | Yours, In Fire Safety . . .; 8 | Suds, Sparks, and Sponsorship; 9 | Film at Eleven; 10 | This Way Out; 11 | Cause for Alarm; 12 | I'm with the Band; 13 | Fighting for Air; 14 | A Snowball's Chance in Hell; 15 | The Way of All Flesh; 16 | Domino Theory; 17 | The Sound and the Fury; 18 | Into the Breach; 19 | Solid Gasoline; 20 | The Missing; 21 | Artifacts of Tragedy; Photo Insert; 22 | Circling the Wagons

23 | Crime and Punishment24 | ""First, Survival; Then, Function; Then, Cosmetics""; 25 | Risky Business; 26 | Making the Tough Cases; 27 | Burning Question; 28 | Divining the Incalculable; Acknowledgments; Appendixes; Persons Killed in the Station Nightclub Fire; Outcome of Criminal Prosecutions; Outcome of Civil Lawsuits; Notes & Sources; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61168-204-5

1-283-57228-1

9786613884732

OCLC:

809669787