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Riot on Sunset Strip: Rock'N'Roll's Last Stand in Hollywood
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The cover is deceiving. If you were a teen in 1965, you need to see this book!
July 30, 2007
Format:Paperback
It's amazing how many music styles melded on one stretch of road in one city during just a two-year period! This is not an ordinary road but the main one - Sunset Strip (actually Sunset Boulvard) - and not just any city. It's HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA!
Sure there were hard rock bands - the image you get from both the title and the cover photo of this fascinating book - but there were also the Beach Boys, The Mamas and Papas, Petula Clark and lots of small comedy and folk clubs. This was the music I gravitated to during 1965 and 1966 and I found lots to reminisce about on as I read and looked through this book. Of particular interest to me was the section on Teen TV shows which emanated from the LA scene. Though, growing up in the Philadelphia area, I was more of an American Bandstand viewer, we did get Lloyd Thaxton in the afternoon and, of course, Shindig! in the evening. Then there was the T.A.M.I. Show film - which still has never been legitimately been released on home video - and it was filmed there. Fiore devotes a large section to this and I learned things we "kids" on the East Coast never knew. Just looking at the picture, and reading the captions, was an experience.
I can certainly recommend this - as a memory jogger - to anyone who was a teen in 1965-66 and it'll definitely be a must for anyone who watch Rock and Roll television in Southern California in the 1960s.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
Sure there were hard rock bands - the image you get from both the title and the cover photo of this fascinating book - but there were also the Beach Boys, The Mamas and Papas, Petula Clark and lots of small comedy and folk clubs. This was the music I gravitated to during 1965 and 1966 and I found lots to reminisce about on as I read and looked through this book. Of particular interest to me was the section on Teen TV shows which emanated from the LA scene. Though, growing up in the Philadelphia area, I was more of an American Bandstand viewer, we did get Lloyd Thaxton in the afternoon and, of course, Shindig! in the evening. Then there was the T.A.M.I. Show film - which still has never been legitimately been released on home video - and it was filmed there. Fiore devotes a large section to this and I learned things we "kids" on the East Coast never knew. Just looking at the picture, and reading the captions, was an experience.
I can certainly recommend this - as a memory jogger - to anyone who was a teen in 1965-66 and it'll definitely be a must for anyone who watch Rock and Roll television in Southern California in the 1960s.
Steve Ramm
"Anything Phonographic"
22 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved this book because of the way it put me right on the Sunset Strip in the mid 60s, making me feel like I was sitting at Canter's Deli with Gene Clark and then dancing to The Byrds at Ciro's later that same evening. I also love the argument it makes about San Francisco's elitist attitude about its own 60s bands, versus those of L.A. Ask me to choose between The Grateful Dead and Love, between Moby Grape and The Byrds, between any SF garage band and The Seeds or The Music Machine, and I'm going with the Hollywood "cream puff" act every time. The book also makes you feel the tragedy of the collapse of the Sunset Strip nightclub scene, after the police effectively shut it down because some influential people in town didn't like the idea of the Strip being a place for teenagers to hang out and dance to groovy music. You get to know what a magical time and place the Strip was in 65-66, and it makes you want to be there. The only complaint I have is that at times Priore is too expansive, too exhaustive - it's hard to care after a while when he gives you countless details about every band who happened to be around the Strip through the mid-60s. That's a minor quibble, though, because if you don't want to read all that detail, you can skip over those sections. Otherwise, this is a great book which definitely and delightfully puts you in a cool time and place. And I love the Sunset Strip mid-60s street map at the beginning of the book.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
By Dennis Wood
Format:Paperback
This book has everybody from The Beach Boys,Jan&Dean,Johnny Rivers,The Byrds,Love,to Frank Zappa&The Mothers of Invention. For the most part,Priore gives the reader a comprehensive history of the Los Angeles music scene. From surf to psychedelia,it's all here packed with interesting anecdotes and pictures. There are a couple of points to quibble about. First,a few of the picture captions mis-identify some important L.A. figures.There is a picture that is supposedly Johnny Rivers but clearly is not. In the section of the book that chronicles the Byrds,he states that producer Gary Usher had his Sagitarius partner Curt Boetcher singing lead vocals on the songs "Natural Harmony"&"Draft Morning" when in actual fact it was Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman. Still,it's a fun book that will be even better if they correct these aforementioned mistakes for later printings.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
An impressive accomplishment in rock history.
It is difficult to deal in superlatives when one finds something worthy of high praise. Everything sounds like ad-copy. Read more
Published 11 months ago by johnf
4.0 out of 5 stars
There was something happening there...
For a short few years back in the mid '60s, in the wake of the British Invasion, there existed in Hollywood (and the outlying regions of L.A. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Boss Radio Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars
Trip Down Memory Lane
Ah, where do I start!
Growing up as a teenager in L.A. (actually the much-maligned San Fernando Valley) in the mid 60's, there's hardly anything in this book that I'm... Read more
Growing up as a teenager in L.A. (actually the much-maligned San Fernando Valley) in the mid 60's, there's hardly anything in this book that I'm... Read more
Published on February 15, 2010 by Bottom Feeder
1.0 out of 5 stars
Is this a joke?
I just received the book yesterday. I only scanned about 50 pages and found about four unbelievable (and obvious) mistakes in the identification of players in the pictures. Read more
Published on July 16, 2009 by Dave K.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Zineish Braindump
This is a zineish braindump with a huge quantity of facts and photos (and some unchallenged opinions), but not much of a narrative thrust. Read more
Published on March 21, 2009 by Steve Folta
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Topic and Era
I agree with the author's premise that the music from SoCal is far superior to that of San Francisco from the same era and enjoyed reading the book. Read more
Published on April 6, 2008 by D. Turner
5.0 out of 5 stars
An ideal addition to personal, academic, and community library 20th...
In 1965 and 1966, the city of Los Angeles saw a sudden burst of rock groups playing in venues on the fabled Sunset Strip. Read more
Published on November 3, 2007 by Midwest Book Review
5.0 out of 5 stars
Re-live the fabulous hey days of the Sunset Strip
This book is a great in-depth tribute to the people,places and atmosphere
that made the Sunset Strip the 'place to see and be seen' Great photos.. Read more
that made the Sunset Strip the 'place to see and be seen' Great photos.. Read more
Published on September 24, 2007 by Wayne Pigna
4.0 out of 5 stars
Rock 'n' Roll's Last Stand?
Priore's book on the Strip isn't bad at all. Highly entertaining in fact. As long as you're on board with his agenda of everything from L.A. Read more
Published on September 11, 2007 by Lance M. Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
A few mistakes in the photo captions but the author's heart is in the right place and the text is scholarly and quite engaging. Loved it!
Published on August 7, 2007 by Vince Whirlwind
