rock-and-roll

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After a career marked by a meteoric rise, legendary spats, a celebrated breakup and a globally acclaimed reunion, Oasis has certainly earned its rock-and-roll stripes, making the partnership with Adidas feel especially fitting.

From Los Angeles Times

The finest rock-and-roll biographies are defined by their capacity for losing the reader inside the music.

From Salon

“I remember right before ‘El Camino’ thinking this might be too rock-and-roll for our base,” Carney says, “but to me the change was a sign we weren’t phoning it in.”

From Los Angeles Times

“It was 24 hours a day of worrying, trying to keep the creeps away. Fame and money in rock-and-roll — it’s all a very dangerous area to live in.”

From Los Angeles Times

They could all coexist in the same swirl of chaos — belief over logic, loyalty over evidence, vibes over value — what Rush Limbaugh used to call a “phony-baloney plastic banana good-time rock-and-roll” kind of thing.

From Los Angeles Times