TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sherman,Maria
TI  - Larger than life: a history of boy bands from NKOTB to BTS 
SN  - 9780762468911
AV  - ML3470 .S515 2020
U1  - 782.421640811 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Black Dog & Leventhal
KW  - Boy bands
KW  - History
KW  - Popular music
KW  - History and criticism
KW  - Music
KW  - ukslc
KW  - thema
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Music reviews & criticism
KW  - Biography: general
KW  - Humour
KW  - Pop music
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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. Maria Sherman has a deep love of boy bands and has written extensively on them for Jezebel, where she currently works, as well as in Rolling Stone, Vulture, and more. In this book, her first, she celebrates the boy band revolution with a mix of serious fandom and a tongue-in-cheek attitude. 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
ER  -