Pop Rock category: 3054 books
Good Rockin' Tonight
Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'N' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Memphis, Tennessee. The early 1950s. The Mississippi rolls by, and there's a train in the night. Down on Beale Street there's hard-edged blues, on the outskirts of town they're pickin' hillbilly boogie.
At Sam Phillips' Sun Records studio on Union Avenue, there's something different going on....
Fell in Love with a Band
The Story of The White Stripes
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013
With only two members and no bass player the White Stripes certainly seemed like the ultimate makeshift band. So how is it that this enigmatic couple—who publicize themselves as brother and sister though official documents say they're ex-husband-and-wife—became a multi-platinum musical sensation?...
Lemmy
The Definitive Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
In 'The Ace of Spades', Motörhead's most famous song, Lemmy, the born-to-lose, live-to-win frontman of the band sang, 'I don't want to live forever'. Yet as he told his friend of 35 years, former PR and biographer Mick Wall, 'Actually, I want to go the day before forever. To avoid the rush...'. This...
Kids of the Black Hole
Punk Rock Postsuburban California
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2011
Los Angeles rock generally conjures memories of surf music, The Doors, or Laurel Canyon folkies. But punk? L.A.'s punk scene, while not as notorious as that of New York City, emerged full-throated in 1977 and boasted bands like The Germs, X, and Black Flag. This book explores how, in the land of the...
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Vintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs--the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s--edited and with an introduction by the reigning dean of rack critics, Greil Marcus.
by Erik Davis
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2005
In this wickedly entertaining and thoroughly informed homage to one of rock music's towering pinnacles, Erik Davis investigates the magic-black or otherwise-that surrounds this album. Carefully peeling the layers from each song, Davis reveals their dark and often mystical roots-and leaves the reader...
by Ray Lowry and Ben Myers
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2012
When punk arrived in the UK in the mid-seventies it sent shock waves around the country. Spearheading the musical assault on all we had previously known were The Clash - a mighty punk rock machine that exhilarated its audience and that dared to draw on influences such as dub reggae, rockabilly and...
Brave Punk World
The International Rock Underground from Alerta Roja to Z-Off
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Punk rock may have started in the United Kingdom and United States but it certainly didn’t stay in either country. The genre flew around the globe like a contagion, touching off simultaneous movements in nearly every market imaginable: Japan, Yugoslavia, the Philippines, South Africa, New Zealand,...
by Peter Doherty
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Unexpurgated recent personal journals and tour diaries documenting the turbulent life and misadventures of Libertines and Babyshambles frontman, Peter Doherty. The book hit headlines upon release in July 2014, not least because of entries about the rock star's famous, often tragic, friends including...
Commando
The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Raised in Queens, New York, Johnny Ramone founded one of the most influential rock bands of all time, but he never strayed from his blue-collar roots and attitude. He was truly imbued with the angry-young-man spirit that would characterize his persona both on and off stage. Through it all, Johnny...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2014
Bobby Darin was one of the great performers of the Fifties and Sixties. He started as a rock and roller and ended up on the same level as greats like Frank Sinatra. He married one of the heart throbs of the Fifties, Sandra Dee. His life was full of great successes and a lot of heartache. He had health...
Tearing Down The Wall
The Contemporary Guide to Decoding Pink Floyd - The Wall One Brick at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2012
SECRETS OF THE WALL REVEALED!
Imagine dusting off a beloved album, comfortable as an old pair of jeans, and one day discovering that it goes much deeper down the rabbit hole than you ever envisioned. The thematic intention of every note…The nuance behind every veiled reference…Until...
by Harry Doherty, Scott Gorham
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
One of the defining rock groups of the 20th Century, Thin Lizzy began life in Dublin in 1969 when childhood friends Phil Lynott and Brian Downey were approached by two former members of Van Morrison's band 'Them', Eric Wrixon (keyboards) and Eric Bell (guitar). Now for the first time, their story...
The Songs of Joni Mitchell
Gender, Performance and Agency
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2016
An unorthodox musician from the start, singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's style of composing, performing, and of playing (and tuning) the guitar is unique. In the framework of sexual difference and the gendered discourses of rock this immediately begs the questions: are Mitchell's songs specifically...