{"product_id":"the-lives-of-brian-a-memoir-isbn-9780063046450","title":"The Lives of Brian: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of SPIN'S Best Music Memoirs of 2022!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Johnson’s memoir from growing up in a small town to starting his own band to ultimately replacing Bon Scott, the lead singer of one of the world biggest rock acts, AC\/DC. They would record their first album together, the iconic \u003cem\u003eBack in Black\u003c\/em\u003e, which would become the biggest selling rock album of all time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrian Johnson was born to a steelworker and WWII veteran father and an Italian mother, growing up in New Castle Upon Tyne, England, a working-class town. He was musically inclined and sang with the church choir. By the early ’70s he performed with the glam rock band Geordie, and they had a couple hits, but it was tough going. So tough that by 1976, they disbanded and Brian turned to a blue-collar life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen 1980 changed everything. Bon Scott, the lead singer and lyricist of the Australian rock band AC\/DC died at 33. The band auditioned singers, among them Johnson, whom Scott himself had seen perform and raved about. Within days, Johnson was in a studio with the band, working with founding members Angus and Malcolm Young, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd, along with producer Mutt Lange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the album, \u003cem\u003eBack in Black\u003c\/em\u003e, was released in July—a mere three months after Johnson had joined the band—it exploded, going on to sell 50 million copies worldwide, and triggering a years-long worldwide tour. It has been declared “the biggest selling hard rock album ever made” and “the best-selling heavy-metal album in history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe band toured the world for a full year to support the album, changing the face of rock music—and Brian Johnson’s life—forever.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"A heart-wrenching and hilarious memoir.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A tale of fate, serendipity, and dogged determination.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMojo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His memoir, fittingly titled \u003cem\u003eThe Lives of Brian,\u003c\/em\u003e also happens to be laugh-out-loud hilarious, written from the vantage point of someone who clearly still can’t believe these fantastical lives are, in fact, all part of the same story…. Like the greatest AC\/DC songs, Johnson takes his own tragic circumstances and turns them into a song of grit and victory for our benefit — and maybe for his, too.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Warm, starkly comic and uplifting ... \u003cem\u003eThe Lives of Brian \u003c\/em\u003eis a literary twin of an AC\/DC album—wild material woven together seamlessly, and always leaving you wanting more.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHot Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890529169637,"sku":"NP9780063046450","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063046450.jpg?v=1730233503","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-lives-of-brian-a-memoir-isbn-9780063046450","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}