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Alien Rock: The Rock 'n' Roll Extraterrestrial Connection
Author(s): Michael Luckman (Author)
- Publisher: Gallery Books
- Publication Date: July 26, 2005
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 074346673X
- ISBN-13: 9780743466738
Book Description
Whether you’re a UFO skeptic, believer, or merely a rock music fan, Alien Rock takes you on a fascinating and irreverent journey exploring the extraterrestrial stories of your favorite rock icons.
From Elvis to the Beatles and from Michael Jackson to Marilyn Manson, countless rock stars have claimed to have seen, communed with, been inspired by, and sometimes even descended from extraterrestrials. Now you can discover these stories for yourself in this illuminating, all-access pass to rock’s unearthly encounters—some friendly, some frightening, and some frankly bizarre.
From John Lennon spying a UFO from his penthouse in 1974 to Jimi Hendrix’s claim that he was a messenger from “another place,” there is no extraterrestrial tale neglected. With witty prose and in-depth research,
Alien Rock provides a fascinating new perspective on the long, strange trip that is rock history, and suggests that, wherever the road takes us, we may not be traveling alone.Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Luckman relays some interesting trivia linking rock and UFOs but stretches to make small points. He cites a conversation between Jimi Hendrix and Monika Dannerman about how a person’s “spirit could actually leave the body for a period of time” as evidence that “Jimi frequently experienced astral travel.” Ohh-kay! Well, Hendrix’s extraterrestrial interests are well-known, as are those of Sun Ra and George Clinton, whom Luckman also mentions; but Luckman goes on to say that Carlos Santana, OutKast, the Beatles, and the Rolling Stones share them. Heck, even Olivia Newton-John gets Luckman’s nod, thanks to her sighting of a shape-shifting UFO “on a desolate road.” Fortunately, references to David Bowie’s, the Grateful Dead’s, and Pink Floyd’s extraterrestrial interests are more substantial, and is anyone surprised that Michael Jackson and Elvis each get chapter-length coverage? Another chapter on UFOs at Woodstock, Altamont, and the Isle of Wight festivals amuses, too; but with so many strained and trifling references, the book satisfies desultory reading more than genuine inquiry. Mike Tribby
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
About the Author
Michael C. Luckman is director of the New York Center for Extraterrestrial Research and the founder of the Cosmic Majority, an organization that seeks to represent the majority of people on earth who believe in UFOs, life on Mars, and the paranormal. Luckman taught the nation’s first college course on rock music. He lives in New York City.
