Steven Hyden is the author of This Isn't Happening, Twilight of the Gods, Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me, and (with Steve Gorman) Hard to Handle. His writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Washington Post, Billboard, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Grantland, The A.V. Club, Slate, and Salon. He is currently the cultural critic at UPROXX. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with his wife and two children.
**Rolling Stone, "Best Music Books of 2022"** **Corbin Reiff at
SPIN, "Best Rock Biography of the Year (2022)"** Aquarian, "Holiday
Guide for the Rock & Roll Literate*
"A critical consideration of one of rock's most durable and
inscrutable acts... A music biography well suited to fans of both
the band and 1990s pop culture."--Kirkus
"One of the most entertaining summations of what a rock band can do
to one's soul whether we like to admit it or not." --Aquarian
"[Long Road is]... clear-eyed about Pearl Jam's strengths and
weaknesses, but also quite personal, the author infusing his own
memories of coming of age at a time when Vs. and Vitalogy provided
the soundtrack. The book wrestles with the question of why Pearl
Jam mattered -- and why, to some, they still very much do."--Inside
Hook
"[Hyden has] penned a thoroughly compelling book about Pearl
Jam."--Q101
"[The] best rock biography [of 2022]... Steven Hyden has all the
answers [to Pearl Jam] and delivers them with the kind of wittily
insightful analysis you only get from an obsessed fan and expert
critic."--Corbin Reiff, SPIN
"A comprehensive look from the perspective of a devoted (if not
sometimes concerned) fan, this book is organized like Hyden's
favorite Pearl Jam mixtape, into chapters corresponding to a
specific song and then elaborating from there, taking the reader to
many fascinating, surprising places that aren't well-known about
the Seattle icons."--SPIN
"A personal approach and valuable critical companion that does a
great job of contextualizing the band's various life
cycles."--Wisconsin Public Radio
"As a die-hard and nearly life-long Pearl Jam fan, I cannot
recommend Long Road enough. It is an essential perspective on one
of the world's greatest bands with incredibly heartfelt insight
from Steven Hyden."--Brian Fallon of The Gaslight Anthem
"In LONG ROAD, [Steven] Hyden gives almost an autobiographical
history of Pearl Jam from the fan's perspective, from the early
albums, to their shying away from the spotlight, through their
embrace of playing unforgettable live shows in front of their
increasingly fanatical fanbase."
--AllMusic
"Must-read... There is no one writing about music with more passion
and intellect than Steven Hyden."
--The Film Stage
"Reading Long Road feels as if you're in an endlessly engrossing
conversation about Pearl Jam with a fellow admirer."--Toronto
Star
"Steven Hyden is a brilliant rock chronicler, whether he's writing
about great bands or terrible ones. But with LONG ROAD, as Eddie
Vedder would say, he's unleashed a lion."--Rolling Stone
"Steven Hyden's Long Road takes us well beyond the Pearl Jam story
that has been rehashed for decades. He argues that the most
commercially successful band of the alt-rock era is fundamentally
misunderstood, and then he backs up that assertion with chapter
after chapter packed with insights and fresh context. In this rock
bio-as-mixtape configuration, the prose is as much impressionistic
as linear, a format that suits a band that has figured out how to
reinvent and improvise its way to hard-earned longevity."--Greg
Kot, Sound Opinions co-host
"Through smart but accessible writing full of stories, asides,
opinions and analysis, Hyden makes a compelling case for why Pearl
Jam's music matters....A joyous, thought-provoking and humane
series of essays."--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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