A Man Called Destruction

A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star - he was a true cult icon. Award-winning music writer Holly George-Warren’s "A Man Called Destruction" is the first biography of this enigmatic artist, who died in 2010. Covering Chilton’s life from his early work with the chart-topping Box Tops and the seminal power-pop band Big Star to his experiments with punk and roots music and his sprawling solo career, "A Man Called Destruction" is the story of a musical icon and a richly detailed chronicle of pop music’s evolution, from the mid-1960s through today’s indie rock..