Why AC/DC Matters

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Though AC/DC has been a perennial favorite among millions of fans, selling more than 70 million records in the U.S.more than the Rolling Stones, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen and Aerosmithcritics have dismissed their music, their talent, and their fans. Until now. Finally giving the band its due, Why AC/DC Matters is an engaging, fun and pithy look at the groups cultural importance and how it has influenced a generation of musicians and rock fans around the world.

A fan who has seen the bandmultiple times, Anthony Bozza provides the double perspective of both music fan and rock critic, offering his own insights as well as those of business insiders, including Tommy Lee, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, and other music professionals such as the head of the acclaimed Berklee College of Music who go on record in support of AC/DCs talent and greatness.

Both a fan guide as well as a thoughtful cultural history, Why AC/DC Matters validates what all those fans have known all along: AC/DC is the greatest rock and roll band of all time.

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Anthony Bozza is the author of four New York Times Bestsellers, including Whatever You Say I Am: The Life and Times of Eminem, Slash, co-written with Slash and the #1 bestselling Too Fat to Fish, co-written with Artie Lange. Bozza was a staff writer and editor for Rolling Stone magazine for seven years, during which he profiled a diverse range of artists from Eminem and the Wu-Tang Clan to Trent Reznor and U2. He lives in New York City.