u003cpu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eWaging Heavy Peaceu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbu003e is the remarkable memoir of rock icon Neil Youngu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eu003cbu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003eNeil Young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eReflective, insightful and disarmingly honest, u003ciu003eWaging Heavy Peaceu003c/iu003e is his long-awaited memoir. From his youth in Canada to his crazy journey out to California, through Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash, to his massively successful solo career and his re-emergence as the patron saint of grunge 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.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003eYoung presents a kaleidoscopic view of personal life and musical creativity; it's a journey that spans the snows of Ontario to the LSD-laden boulevards of 1966 Los Angeles to the contemplative paradise of Hawaii today. Along the way he writes about the music, the victims, the girls and the drugs; about his happy family life but also about the health problems he and his children have experienced; about guitars, cars and sound systems; about Canada and California and Hawaii. Candid, witty and revealing, this book takes its place beside the classic memoirs of Bob Dylan and Keith Richards.u003c/pu003eu003cpu003e'Wryly funny, deeply moving, painfully honest' u003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e'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' u003ciu003eIndependentu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e'Young appears bounteous and joyful, a genuinely happy hippy . . . Unusually for a rock memoir, this one is almost completely angst-free' u003ciu003eSunday Timesu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e'Dryly hilarious . . . poignant . . . u003ciu003eWaging Heavy Peaceu003c/iu003e shows that Young is still in full possession of that stubborn, brilliant, one-of-a-kind instrument' u003ciu003eRolling Stoneu003c/iu003eu003c/pu003eu003cpu003e'A real treat . . . he writes openly and movingly abut the key figures in his life...you feel you know Young better for reading it' u003ciu003eMetrou003c/iu003eu003c/pu003e
