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Com: The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (9780374249397): Alex Ross. Com: Appetite for Self-Destruction: The Spectacular Crash of the Record Industry in the Digital Age (9781423375180): Steve Knopper, Dan John Miller. Com: Hit Men (9780812916584): Fredric Dannen. Superstar DJs Here We Go!: The Rise and Fall of the Superstar DJ: Amazon.co.uk: Dom Phillips. "It was about larging it. It was about pulling out a wad of 20s when you were buying your champagne at the bar. It was about buying your cocaine in an eight ball. It was about wearing designer clothes. At that top tier of that club scene, it was about giving it loads. " With a foreword by music journalist, Miranda Sawyer, Superstar DJs Here We Go!

Is the full, unexpurgated story of the biggest pop culture phenomenon of the 1990s: the rise and fall of the superstar DJ. During the 1990s big names such as Sasha, Jeremy Healy, Fatboy Slim, Dave Seaman, Nicky Holloway, Judge Jules, and Pete Tong exploded out of acid house, becoming international jetsetters, flying all over the world just to play a few hours and commanding up to £140,000 a night.

For the DJs and promoters, it was a licence to print money and live like a rock star. They went from having the clubbing world at their feet to the world's biggest comedown. Com: Love Saves the Day: A History of American Dance Music Culture, 1970-1979 (9780822331988): Tim Lawrence. Com: Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (9780802136886): Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton.

Can’t Stop Won’t Stop. Com: Hip Hop America (9780143035152): Nelson George. Com: Where You're At (9781594480126): Patrick Neate.