I’m currently putting together marketing and press materials for the book so thought I’d share the bio for Rock Gods of Acht, as it stands now.
Rock Gods of Acht – a music meltdown
Biography
Written by author and former music business professional Diane Hatz, Rock Gods of Acht shows a twisted and surrealistic view of the music business, a reality taken to another level, but one based on experience and observation.
In the 1990s, the corporate music industry was full of greed, incompetence, and manufactured superstars. Rock Gods of Acht is a fictional look at a mega music giant, Acht Records, before online file sharing and music downloading. Find out what went on behind the monolithic walls of corporate music in the days when record executives could manipulate what you listened to.
The novel takes place inside Acht Records, where secretary Alex is trying to get out of her dead end position while her boss Langferd explodes blood vessels all around her. At the top, Vinny DiMachio, Deity and Ruling Dictator of the company, plots how he can become the richest, most powerful man in town, all the while setting himself up for his own fall. The Yakadans, on the other hand, came to earth simply to test their new technology, clonebotting, and one day literally hatch Big, a superstar performer, in the executive boardroom. These and other eccentric characters weave in and out of each other’s lives and jobs and all come together for the huge finale – the breakout live performance of Big at the famed Salvadori Ballroom, a performance that ends up nothing short of explosive.
Rock Gods of Acht shows us that success can be more than we bargained for – or less than we imagined. Read the book everyone’s talking about!
“Acht, with its all-too-familiar, crass, 1990s-vintage power mongers, industry greaseballs, and misguided wanna-bes, delivers not only searing satire, but a prescient primer on why the record industry would fall a decade later.” –C. Hicks, independent music journalist, circa 1990s
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