The Church's Starfish

by Chris Gibson

Book Overview

After a string of commercial disappointments, in 1986 Australian rock band The Church were simultaneously dropped by Warner Brothers in the US and EMI in Australasia. The future looked bleak. Seemingly from nowhere, their next record, Starfish, became an unlikely global hit. Its alluring and pensive lead single, 'Under the Milky Way', stood in stark contrast to the synth pop and hair metal dominating the 1980s. A high watermark of intelligent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501387006
• ISBN13: 9781501387005
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 7.7"