Only Full-Length Run-DMC Biography Returns to Print Consafos Press Publishes Bill Adler's 1987 "Tougher Than Leather".Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002 "Tougher Than Leather," the first -- and only -- book-length biography written about Run-DMC, is returning to print in a new edition. The book was originally published by New American Library as a $2.95 mass market paperback at the height of Run-DMC's popularity in the spring of 1987, and quickly went out of print. It returns as a good-looking Consafos Press trade paperback trade paperback n. A paperback book that is typically of better production quality, larger size, and higher price than a mass-market edition, intended for sale in bookstores. with a new introduction by the author, an index, and 12 pages of rare photos. Subtitled "The Rise of Run-DMC," "Tougher Than Leather" is a detailed account of the heyday of the group that's come to be known as "the Beatles of rap." It follows Run, DMC DMC Devil May Cry (video game) DMC Detroit Medical Center DMC Darryl McDaniels (rapper) DMC Destination Management Company DMC Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, TX) , and Jam Master Jay from their childhoods in Hollis, Queens Hollis is a neighborhood within the southeastern section of the New York City borough of Queens. A predominantly African American community, the boundaries are considered to be the Far Rockaway Branch of the Long Island Rail Road to the west, Jamaica Avenue to the north, Francis to arenas from coast to coast to MTV MTV in full Music Television U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business. to LiveAid and finally to Hollywood, England, and Japan. It tracks the recording of their first three albums -- "Run-DMC," "King of Rock," and "Raising Hell" -- the albums which built and secured their reputations, and concludes as 1986 roars to an end with Run-DMC at the pinnacle of their success. Along the way the book also tells the stories of such early "old school" rappers as Kurtis Blow This biographical article or section needs additional references for verification. Please help [ to improve this article] by adding additional sources. Unverifiable material about living persons must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. , Whodini, the Beastie Boys Beastie Boys is a hip hop musical group from New York City consisting of Michael "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA" Yauch, Adam "Ad-Rock" Horovitz and the official DJ for the group Michael "Mix Master Mike" Schwartz. , and LL Cool J, all of whom barnstormed around the country with Run-DMC. It provides an insider's look at Def Jam Recordings Def Jam Recordings is an United States based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. Company history Beginnings Def Jam was founded by Rick Rubin in his dorm room at New York University. from the moment of its conception, as well as portraits of Russell Simmons Russell Simmons (born October 4 ,1957 in Queens, New York), is an American entrepreneur, the co-founder, with Rick Rubin, of the pioneering hip-hop label Def Jam, founder of another label, Russell Simmons Music Group, and creator of the clothing fashion line Phat Farm. and Rick Rubin, the label's founders, and of Lyor Cohen, who has been with Russell from the beginning and who still runs Def Jam today. "Tougher Than Leather" was written by Bill Adler, who wrote it during a brief leave of absence from his day job as Director of Publicity for Rush Artist Management and Def Jam Recordings. He'd arrived at Rush and Def Jam after ten years in the trenches as a working journalist and music critic for publications including Rolling Stone, the Village Voice, and People. "Run, DMC, and Russell Simmons have all written their own books in recent years," notes Adler. "But none of them concentrates in detail on the glory days of Run-DMC. 'Tougher Than Leather' does." Consafos Press has distinguished itself as the publisher of the "F*** You Heroes" books by Glen Friedman, who also contributed the cover photo to the new edition of "Tougher Than Leather." For more information, review copies, interviews with the author, etc., call Tresa Sanders of Tremedia at 845.426.3509 or email at tresasanders1@aol.com. |
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