“I just hit some sort of personal wall that I didn’t even know was there,” Springsteen recalled. “It was my first real major depression, where I realized I’ve got to do something about it,” he added.
A new 37-track boxed set released alongside a biopic tracking the making of his 1982 album underscores how sometimes a musician’s first recording is the right one. By Jon Pareles Demo-itis. That’s the ...
When tasked with bringing Bruce Springsteen to life on the silver screen, it required something more than the usual biopic treatment; it needed to be big, and, above all, unexpected. That's exactly ...
If you're going to make a movie about Bruce Springsteen, the idea of focusing on 1982's Nebraska is an interesting angle that many wouldn't have pursued. But author Warren Zanes, himself a musician ...
What is a man? What does that word mean when you’ve been wounded, as a male, since childhood? And in a world telling you to suck it up, be tough, not complain, and not cry, ever? It is a confounding ...
Many people have tried to be like Bruce Springsteen. Some of them have even played The Stone Pony. As star of the new movie “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere,” he had to master Springsteen’s ...
Before the cameras rolled on “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” the Boss took one more ride down memory lane – literally. Author and music historian Warren Zanes, who served as an executive ...
As a self-made music icon born to a secretary and a bus driver, Bruce Springsteen’s songwriting about working-class struggles is deeply rooted in his upbringing. The “Born to Run” singer was raised in ...
Bruce Springsteen and George Clooney onstage at the Academy Credit: Photo by Emma McIntyre/Oscars/Getty Images for Academy Museum of Motion Pictures The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ annual gala ...