Chris Hyde - Rock 'n' Roll Tripper

"No-one in Germany describes this wonderful teenage period of pubescent 'being against it', 'picking up chicks', the first experiences with alcohol, drugs, police, prison, girls, pimps - and music (dancing, singing, playing R'n'R) as honestly, skilfully and enthusiastically as Chris Hyde in his memoir 'Rock'n'Roll Tripper'. Hyde/Wenske tells the story of his youth in post-war Hanau straight from the horse's mouth. At the time, the town was the centre of the American occupation army and there was so much for a bright mind and fearless guy to experience that the reader is still filled with envious amazement today. For the most part, Hyde's stories are as short as they are concise. You quickly get to know the mates and chicks who have been with him since then (and many of them still are today). You go to bars together, dance, drink and talk - and are always on the lookout for a new hot band or a practice room for your own.Hyde gives a knowledgeable account of the 'waves' that swept through the music business at the time. After the Americans came the Indonesians, then the German cover bands, the English, the first beat bands - and 'our boy' was always in the thick of it. So if you've had enough of reading about how rock'n'roll developed in the USA and England, if you want to know what original music and, above all, original musicians and 'types' existed in the Federal Republic of Germany alongside the endlessly repeated stories about the Beatles, Stones and Hendrix, 'Rock'n'Roll Tripper' is a real treasure trove."



German
168 pages