The Uncool
A Memoir
Published on 28. October 2025
336 pages
978-1-6680-5945-6 (ISBN)
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Cameron has written a book that feels like music, an intimate souvenir, like a song you can't stop listening to." ?Stevie Nicks • "A delicious tale of a devotee who worships at the altar of rock and roll….It's a love letter to fandom, sealed with Cameron's trademark sincerity and heart." ?Maggie Rogers • "Such a joy and so well written…My favorite book in a long, long time." ?Anderson Cooper
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe?one of America's most iconic journalists and filmmakers?The Uncool is a joyful dispatch from a lost world, a chronicle of the real-life events that became Almost Famous, and a coming-of-age journey filled with music legends as you've never seen them before.
The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe?one of America's most iconic journalists and filmmakers?The Uncool is a joyful dispatch from a lost world, a chronicle of the real-life events that became Almost Famous, and a coming-of-age journey filled with music legends as you've never seen them before.
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Cameron Crowe became Rolling Stone's youngest-ever contributor as a fifteen-year-old high school graduate, going on to conduct all-time best interviews with the likes of Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Elton John, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, and the Who. Crowe is also an acclaimed filmmaker who has written and directed films including Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Say Anything..., Singles, Jerry Maguire, Vanilla Sky, and Almost Famous (for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay). He wrote the definitive book on the work of writer-director Billy Wilder, Conversations with Wilder. Crowe is currently at work on a film based on the life and music of Joni Mitchell. He has three children and lives in Southern California.
