Talking Heads: Once in a Lifetime : The Stories Behind Every Song

A superbly illustrated in-depth examination of the stories events places and characters that inspired the songs of the Talking Heads arguably the most significant band to emerge from the late-'70s New York punk scene based around CBGB's club. Led by guitarist-vocalist David Byrne the band enjoyed major chart success on both sides of the Atlantic with infectious incendiary singles like Road to Nowhere Psycho Killer and Once in a Lifetime. During their influential seventeen-year career Talking Heads assembled a body of raw yet intellectual rock music second to none. Then in 2002 having vowed to never work together again the four original Heads reconvened and played live when they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.ÞIan Gittins has written about music and popular culture for fifteen years for such varied publications as ÊMelody MakerÊ ÊQÊ ÊThe GuardianÊ ÊDaily TelegraphÊ ÊTime OutÊ ÊMTVÊ and the ÊNew York TimesÊ. He lives in London England.