From the Back Cover
The only book brave enough to answer all of the questions and deflate some of the myths surrounding the most volatile member of the made for TV band of the sixties: The Monkees. Starting with his upbringing in Texas with his mother, who would go on to invent Liquid Paper, and going through his start as a Monkee and the ultimate destruction of the made for TV group. His history is traced through his solo career with the First National Band and his own record company Pacific Arts, and it's destruction at the hands of PBS resulting in multi-million dollar lawsuits. Also included are the details on how Michael invented MTV, produced the first book with a soundtrack, and created the made-for home video market with the Grammy winning long form music video Elephant Parts. As if that wasn't enough, Michael also became executive producer of such cult films as Timerider and Repo Man. All the while Michael stubbornly sticks to his guns and makes certain everything is run on his terms. Written by Randi L. Massingill, a foremost expert on Michael Nesmith, Total Control is over 300 pages packed with exclusive never before seen photos and more appendixes than you can shake a stick at. Citing a bibliography using over 19 books and 200 magazine and newspaper articles, Total Control is a story for the ultimate Monkee fan, Nesmith fan, rock/country enthusiast, pop culture enthusiast, music historian, curiosity seeker, wool hat fan, and all around nosy person.
About the Author
Randi L. Massingill has been collecting information on Michael Nesmith since first seeing The Monkees TV show on MTV in 1986 while home sick and the effect on her was tragic. Her father was a major rare record dealer, so she was able to collect hundreds of music related items and trivia on her new favorite performer. Collecting took her to libraries and microfilms of articles on Nesmith and his related businesses until finally she realized that people knew relatively little about what he had done besides perform in The Monkees TV show. So she decided to weave her years of information gathered into a book. She lives in Mesa Arizona and when not writing books she runs a finder service for Hollywood collectibles. She also collects Rick Springfield, Christopher Reeve, Joey Heatherton and Tina Louise among others, so you can expect another celebrity related book from her in the future.
