You Can 'Destroy All Monsters,' But You Can't Kill Rock And Roll
Author and musician Jeff Jackson's new novel paints a nightmarish world where the debate over authenticity and selling out has lead to an epidemic of musicians being killed on stage, mid-performance.
by Gabino Iglesias
Oct 20, 2018
3 minutes
I once listened to an interview with Spanish singer-songwriter Joaquín Sabina in which he said a good song is the sum of good lyrics, good music, and something else no one can describe. That definition works, but only if you never identify the last thing. In Jeff Jackson's Destroy All Monsters, performance is the third component, and focusing on that mystic element kills music's significance and magic.
At least, that's my interpretation of this multilayered novel. In there is no
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