Waging Heavy Peace: A Hippie Dream

Waging Heavy Peace

The remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil Young

Neil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture over the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Reflective, insightful, and disarmingly honest, Waging Heavy Peace is his long-awaited memoir.

Neil Young's Journey

From his youth in Canada to his crazy journey out to California, through:

• Buffalo Springfield
• Crosby, Stills & Nash
• His massively successful solo career
• His re-emergence as the patron saint of grunge

...and on to his role today as one of the last uncompromised and uncompromising survivors of rock 'n' roll — this is Neil's story, told in his own words.

A Kaleidoscopic View

Young presents a kaleidoscopic view of personal life and musical creativity. It's a journey that spans:

• The snows of Ontario
• The LSD-laden boulevards of 1966 Los Angeles
• The contemplative paradise of Hawaii today

Along the way, he writes about:

• Music, the victims, the girls, and the drugs
• His happy family life, but also the health problems he and his children have experienced
• Guitars, cars, and sound systems
• Canada, California, and Hawaii

Candid, witty, and revealing, this book takes its place beside the classic memoirs of Bob Dylan and Keith Richards.

Praise for Waging Heavy Peace

• 'Wryly funny, deeply moving, painfully honest' – Guardian
• 'He's talking to you, not at you, unravelling himself as well, and you don't want it to end . . . You see rock and roll history from the inside out, and in the present tense' – Independent
• 'Young appears bounteous and joyful, a genuinely happy hippy . . . Unusually for a rock memoir, this one is almost completely angst-free' – Sunday Times
• 'Dryly hilarious . . . poignant . . . Waging Heavy Peace shows that Young is still in full possession of that stubborn, brilliant, one-of-a-kind instrument' – Rolling Stone
• 'A real treat . . . he writes openly and movingly about the key figures in his life...you feel you know Young better for reading it' – Metro