Pop Rock category: 3054 books
The Modern History of Power Pop
Pop Gallery eBooks, #11
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
“The Modern History of Power Pop” (Includes 9 Video and 17 Audio Notebooks at the End of the Manuscript) Read, Watch and Listen about the underrated genre of Power Pop Music, which began with The Beatles, was carried on through great acts like Badfinger and The Raspberries and made its way...
The Beach Boys FAQ
All That's Left to Know About America's Band
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
A half-century after their first single release, “Surfin' ” the Beach Boys continue to define California popular culture and the sunshine-infused sound that will forever be its living soundtrack. But beyond innocent harmonies touting the delights of catching waves and cruising to the drive-in,...
Seeing the Light
Inside the Velvet Underground
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012
With exclusive new interviews from the band, this is a captivating account of one of the most influential groups in rock history.
Brian Eno famously said "the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Perhaps no other musicians...
Elvis in Vegas
How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2019
The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.
The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal overdose....
A Man Called Destruction
The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
The first biography of the artist who “essentially invented indie and alternative rock” (Spin)
A brilliant and influential songwriter, vocalist, and guitarist, the charismatic Alex Chilton was more than a rock star—he was a true cult icon. Awardwinning music writer Holly George-Warren’s...
Bruce Springsteen
American Poet and Prophet
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Tempo: A Scarecrow Press Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture offers titles that explore rock and popular music through the lens of social and cultural history, revealing the dynamic relationship between musicians, music, and their milieu. Like other major art forms, rock and pop music comment on...
A Very Irregular Head
The Life of Syd Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
“I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.”—Syd Barrett’s last interview, Rolling Stone, 1971
Roger Keith “Syd” Barrett (1946–2006) was, by all accounts, the very definition of a golden boy....
Hey Joe
The Unauthorized Biography of a Rock Classic
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2016
The song Hey Joe was a momentary blip on the pop music scene in 1965 courtesy of a Southern California band called The Leaves. It would be their only hit. But over the next 50 plus years, the quirky song about premeditated murder went on to become something special, a musical rite of passage for the...
by Melody Rose
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2011
Fun facts about Originators of Rock: Del Shannon, Gene Pitney & Roy Orbison. Gary Wright of Space Pop, Eric Clapton, guitar god, and Mama Cass Elliott, folk queen and pop diva are discussed.
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
The Gig Book returns with another volume of crowd-pleasers, this time weaving through the anthemic world of Classic Rock, jam packed with 100 hits from the likes of Tom Petty, Foo Fighter, Iggy Pop and Bruce Springsteen. Presented with melody line arrangements in standard notation, with guitar chord...
Rock Guitar Essentials
Gig Savers Complete Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2018
Rock Guitar Essentials: Gig Savers Complete Edition combines Corey Christiansen's five previous pocket-sized books. Part 1 of this comprehensive edition gives aspiring rock guitarists a working knowledge of the most basic scales commonly used to improvise rock solos and write rock melodies. A discussion...
by Christopher Knowles
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club, but they were also part and parcel of the ancient cultural phenomenon known as the “Mystery religions.” In this book, author Christopher Knowles shows how the Mystery...
Blood, Sweat, and My Rock 'n' Roll Years
Is Steve Katz a Rock Star?
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2015
On paper Steve Katz’s career rivals anyone’s except the 1960s’ and ’70’s biggest stars: the Monterey Pop Festival with the legendary Blues Project, Woodstock with Blood, Sweat & Tears, and even producing rock’s most celebrated speed addict, Lou Reed. There were world tours, and his...
Rock 'N' Film
Cinema's Dance With Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2015
For two decades after the mid-1950s, biracial popular music played a fundamental role in progressive social movements on both sides of the Atlantic. Balancing rock's capacity for utopian popular cultural empowerment with its usefulness for the capitalist media industries, Rock 'N' Film explores how...