I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure,...
- ISBN-10
- 0826428576
- ISBN-13
- 9780826428578
- Category
- Music
- Pages
- 253
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-08-15
- Publisher
- A&C Black
- Author
- Graeme Thomson
Description
Uses interviews with such notables as Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger, Ice T, and Richard Thompson to explore the celebration of death and destruction through popular music and includes a list of the forty greatest death records of all time.
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