Pop Rock category: 3054 books
We Oughta Know
How Four Women Ruled the '90s and Changed Canadian Music
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2016
Between 1993 and 1997 Alanis Morissette, Shania Twain, Sarah McLachlan, and Céline Dion defied the odds to become some of the best-selling artists Canada has ever produced. From melodramatic romantic pop to gutsy, angst-driven alternative rock, these women not only changed the world of music...
The Stone Roses
War and Peace
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2013
The Stone Roses captures the magic—and chaos—behind the UK band's rise, fall, and recent resurrection.
The iconic Brit pop band The Stone Roses became an overnight sensation when their 1989 eponymous album went double platinum. It was a recording that is still often listed as one of the best albums...
Michael Jackson FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the King of Pop
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Michael Jackson may be the King of Pop, but his influence extends much further. From his childhood years with the Jackson 5 through his astonishing solo career, he consistently broke sales records, pioneered the modern music video, and infused dance into rock and pop. While his life story has been...
Top 40 Democracy
The Rival Mainstreams of American Music
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
If you drive into any American city with the car stereo blasting, you’ll undoubtedly find radio stations representing R&B/hip-hop, country, Top 40, adult contemporary, rock, and Latin, each playing hit after hit within that musical format. American music has created an array of rival mainstreams,...
by Karl Bruckmaier
Language: German
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Language: German
Release Date: March 4, 2014
Córdoba im Jahre 822: An diesem Punkt vor über 1000 Jahren beginnt Karl Bruckmaier seine visionäre Zeitreise durch die Geschichte der Popmusik. Folgen Sie ihm per Anhalter durch eine Galaxis aus Klang und Farben – mit vielen unerwarteten Zwischenstationen. Ungewöhnliche Helden, magische Orte...
Globalization and Popular Music in South Korea
Sounding Out K-Pop
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
This book offers an in-depth study of the globalization of contemporary South Korean idol pop music, or K-Pop, visiting K-Pop and its multiple intersections with political, economic, and cultural formations and transformations. It provides detailed insights into the transformative process in and around...
by Dave Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
A journey back to the spangled age of Glam Rock, when men were men and women were often men in disguise, in the company of the most outrageous band of all
This is the first biography to explore the beautiful dichotomy of the Sweet, still one of the best-loved bands of their age....
He's a Rebel
Phil Spector--Rock and Roll's Legendary Producer
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2000
Phil Spector created the "wall of sound," produced the Beatles' last record, persuaded the Ramones to go "pop," made the Righteous Brothers sound respectable, and was a millionaire by age 21. His credits include some of the most important and memorable songs of the 1960s: The Ronettes'...
Big Day Coming
Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
The first biography of Yo La Tengo, the massively influential band who all but defined indie music.
Yo La Tengo has lit up the indie scene for three decades, part of an underground revolution that defied corporate music conglomerates, eschewed pop radio, and found a third way. Going behind...
Punk is Undead Omnibus
Se le leggende del rock tornassero dal mondo dei morti?
Language: Italian
Release Date: November 16, 2015
Dai solchi più profondi del rock e del punk, fedele ai grandi miti della musica degli ultimi 50 anni, arriva Punk is Undead. Un inedito cross-over tra musica e fumetto che si muove negli spazi angusti della crime story e del noir fino ad esplodere nell’horror più “pop”, fatto di zombie, fantasmi...
by Stevie Chick
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
In the early 80s Sonic Youth regenerated the spirit of punk by creating their own spectacular brand of noise rock. Without them, much of the independent rock community that followed would never have come into being and it was a direct result of their influence that Nirvana releases Nevermind on a...
Siren Song
My Life in Music
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
The autobiography of America’s greatest living record man: the founder of Sire Records and spotter of rock talent from the Ramones to Madonna.
Seymour Stein is America's greatest living record man. Not only has he signed and nurtured more important artists than anyone alive, now sixty years...
Children of the Revolution
The Glam Rock Story 1970–1975
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
The definitive A-to-Z guide to a period of pomp, glitz, glamour, and parent-worrying fashion unlike any other Despite its disposable appearance, glam rock has survived and thrived for four decades, and is now viewed as one the best loved and most productive periods for pop music. From the UK, its...
Becoming Jimi Hendrix
From Southern Crossroads to Psychedelic London, the Untold Story of a Musical Genius
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2010
Becoming Jimi Hendrix traces “Jimmy’s” early musical roots, from a harrowing, hand-to-mouth upbringing in a poverty-stricken, broken Seattle home to his early discovery of the blues to his stint as a reluctant recruit of the 101st Airborne who was magnetically drawn to the rhythm and blues scene...