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LARGER THAN LIFE
A History of Boy Bands from NKTOB to BTS
A nostalgic, illustrated history of boy bands - perfect for passionate fans of the 90s and 2000s golden age of the genre (and beyond) - written by culture critic and super fan Maria Sherman.
The music, the fans, the choreography, the clothes, the merch, the hysteria... the hair. The pop phenomenon that dominated the 1990s and 2000s has left a long-lasting mark on culture, yet no book has fully celebrated them.
Larger Than Life begins with a brief look at the history of boy bands starting with The Beatles and touching on groups from the 1970s and early 1980s like the Jackson 5 and Menudo. Sherman then moves on the heart of the book - the boy bands of the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Bands including NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, One Direction, and K-Pop bands like BTS are given a capsule biography with spreads on solo careers (the good and the bad), one hit wonders, dating, in-fighting, haters, and more mini-essays interspersed throughout.
Informative and funny but never fan-shaming, Larger Than Life is the ultimate nostalgic guide to the musical genre and proof that this once maligned musical genre should no longer be under-appreciated.
Maria Sherman is a cultural critic and boy band stan living in Brooklyn, NY. She is a senior writer at Jezebel and previously worked as a Managing Editor at Gizmodo Media Group, Senior Correspondent at Fuse TV and contributor at BuzzFeed Music. She has written for NPR, Vulture, SPIN, Rolling Stone and many other quality publications her mother has never heard of before. Also, Harry Styles ruined her life.
Larger Than Life begins with a brief look at the history of boy bands starting with The Beatles and touching on groups from the 1970s and early 1980s like the Jackson 5 and Menudo. Sherman then moves on the heart of the book - the boy bands of the 80s, 90s, 2000s, and 2010s. Bands including NKOTB, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, One Direction, and K-Pop bands like BTS are given a capsule biography with spreads on solo careers (the good and the bad), one hit wonders, dating, in-fighting, haters, and more mini-essays interspersed throughout.
Informative and funny but never fan-shaming, Larger Than Life is the ultimate nostalgic guide to the musical genre and proof that this once maligned musical genre should no longer be under-appreciated.
Maria Sherman is a cultural critic and boy band stan living in Brooklyn, NY. She is a senior writer at Jezebel and previously worked as a Managing Editor at Gizmodo Media Group, Senior Correspondent at Fuse TV and contributor at BuzzFeed Music. She has written for NPR, Vulture, SPIN, Rolling Stone and many other quality publications her mother has never heard of before. Also, Harry Styles ruined her life.
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Published 2020-07-21 by Black Dog & Leaventhal |