Brand New Beat

The Wild Rise of Rolling Stone Magazine
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-0-520-39939-6
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

How the iconic publication's unruly first decade rewrote the rules of journalism.

Rolling Stone's first decade was truly rock and roll: chaotic, wild, and unpredictable. Brand New Beat charts the origins and evolution of the magazine during its formative early years in San Francisco. Founded in 1967 by a 21-year-old college dropout, Rolling Stone and its editors were steeped in the Bay Area's counterculture and viewed rock and roll as the animating spirit of a social revolution. Reaching beyond music, the magazine delved into the tempestuous culture and politics of the time.

Acclaimed author Peter Richardson takes readers inside the iconic magazine during an era of legendary events, major cultural figures, and unforgettable music. Showing how Rolling Stone became a journalistic juggernaut—nurturing music-focused writers like Cameron Crowe, Lester Bangs, and Greil Marcus as well as New Journalism giants Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe—this book reveals how Rolling Stone both exemplified and critiqued the counterculture. Always more than the definitive rock magazine, Rolling Stone leveraged the power of popular music to deliver groundbreaking coverage of historic events, setting a new standard for the next generation of American journalism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Richardson, Peter

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften Journalismus & Presse
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Verlagswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Introduction

Part I. Roots
1. Hippies
2. Counter Culture
3. Plan B

Part II. Flashes
4. Early Days
5. Staffing Up
6. Wild West

Part III. You Must Do More!
7. Keep Growing
8. New Morning
9. Gonzo

Part IV. Golden Age
10. Boys Club
11. After the Revolution
12. The Establishment

Epilogue: The Beat Goes On

Random Notes
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter Richardson is author of Savage Journey: Hunter S. Thompson and the Weird Road to Gonzo as well as critically acclaimed books about the Grateful Dead, Ramparts magazine, and radical author and editor Carey McWilliams. His essays appear in The Nation, The New Republic, the Los Angeles Times, and elsewhere.