The year is 1983, and Chuck Klosterman just wants to rock. But he's got problems. For one, he's in the fifth grade. For another, he lives in rural North Dakota. Worst of all, his parents aren't exactly down with the long hairstyle which rocking requires. Luckily, his brother saves the day when he brings home a bit of manna from metal heaven, SHOUT AT THE DEVIL, Motley Crue's seminal paean to hair-band excess. And so Klosterman's twisted odyssey begins, a journey spent worshipping at the heavy metal altar of Poison, Lita Ford and Guns N' Roses.
In the hilarious, young-man-growing-up-with-a-soundtrack-tradition, FARGO ROCK CITY chronicles Klosterman's formative years through the lens of heavy metal, the irony-deficient genre that, for better or worse, dominated the pop charts throughout the 1980s. For readers of Dave Eggers, Lester Bangs, and Nick Hornby, Klosterman delivers all the goods: from his first dance (with a girl) and his eye-opening trip to Mandan with the debate team; to his list of 'essential' albums; and his thoughtful analysis of the similarities between Guns 'n' Roses' 'Lies' and the gospels of the New Testament.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Description
- Author Bio
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: October 26, 1983
- Chapter 2: March 24, 1984
- Chapter 3: December 31, 1984
- Chapter 4: June 6, 1985
- Chapter 5: December 12, 1985
- Chapter 6: Summer, 1986
- Chapter 7: September 13, 1986
- Chapter 8: February 1, 1987
- Chapter 9: April 18, 1987
- Chapter 10: October 10, 1987
- Chapter 11: April 23, 1988
- Chapter 12: June 18, 1988
- Chapter 13: July 20, 1988
- Chapter 14: October 15, 1988
- Chapter 15: February 18, 1989
- Chapter 16: September 23, 1989
- Chapter 17: September 10, 1990
- Chapter 18: June 27, 1992
- Chapter 19: November 15, 1992
- Chapter 20: January 27, 1997
- Epilogue
- Footnotes