Rock category: 3054 books
by Mark Kemp
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Rock & roll has transformed American culture more profoundly than any other art form. During the 1960s, it defined a generation of young people as political and social idealists, helped end the Vietnam War, and ushered in the sexual revolution. In Dixie Lullaby, veteran music journalist Mark Kemp...
The Republic of Rock
Music and Citizenship in the Sixties Counterculture
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
In his 1967 megahit "San Francisco," Scott McKenzie sang of "people in motion" coming from all across the country to San Francisco, the white-hot center of rock music and anti-war protests. At the same time, another large group of young Americans was also in motion, less eagerly,...
New York Rock
From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
As a city that represents endless possibilities, New York has been the setting for the dawning of new movements, styles, and genres. In the 20th century, the birth of Rock represented a connection between art forms and the city’s socioeconomic, racial, and sexual variants. New York Rock breaks down...
by Ian Gittins
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
'Jimi Hendrix was not so much an element in a Periodic Table of Heavy Rock as an entire elemental spectrum in a parallel universe.'
Welcome to The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock! Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find Smashing Pumpkins to Spinal Tap - 118 artists that have defined this...
by Mike Katz, Crispin Kott
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
From the churches and street corners of Harlem and The Bronx to the underground clubs of the East Village, New York City has been a musical mecca for generations, and Rock & Roll Explorer Guide to New York City is the definitive story of its development throughout the five boroughs.
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Baby Boomer Rock 'n' Roll Fans
The Music Never Ends
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Rock ‘n’ roll infuses the everyday life of the American adult, but for the first, complete generation of rock ‘n’ roll fans—baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964—it holds a special kind of value, playing a social personality-defining role that is unique to this group. Based on 18 years...
by Greg Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2016
Everybody has a hungry heart…and a Bruce story. At times comical, informative, and opinionated, author Greg Miller embarks on a casual jaunt through the timeline of Springsteen’s early career. From the diverse perspectives of unusual encounters and interviews, the author observes the emerging...
Music Everywhere
The Rock and Roll Roots of a Southern Town
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
“A highly entertaining, well-written look at a city that played a major role in the history of rock and roll music. Kudos to Marty Jourard on a book of historical importance.”—Kudzoo Magazine “Jourard tells the story so that you feel you are there in the humid clubs watching history unfold...
Novel Sounds
Southern Fiction in the Age of Rock and Roll
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2018
The 1950s witnessed both the birth of both rock and roll and the creation of Southern literature as we know it. Around the time that Chuck Berry and Elvis Presley put their electric spin on Southern vernacular ballads, a canonical group of white American authors native to rock’s birthplace began...
by David Temperley
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2018
In all of the books about rock music, relatively few focus on the purely musical dimensions of the style: dimensions of harmony and melody, tonality and scale, rhythm and meter, phrase structure and form, and emotional expression. The Musical Language of Rock puts forth a new, comprehensive theoretical...
Last of the Giants
The True Story of Guns N’ Roses
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
“Mick is able to weave together what can only be referred to as the most complete and accurate portrait on the band ever published. Yes it is THAT good and that well researched! . . . Thorough research and eloquent writing is a beautiful union and Wall’s successful deployment of both, coupled...
All Shook Up
How Rock 'n' Roll Changed America
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2003
The birth of rock 'n roll ignited a firestorm of controversy--one critic called it "musical riots put to a switchblade beat"--but if it generated much sound and fury, what, if anything, did it signify? As Glenn Altschuler reveals in All Shook Up, the rise of rock 'n roll--and the outraged reception...
Twilight of the Gods
A Journey to the End of Classic Rock
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
National Bestseller * Named one of Rolling Stone's Best Music Books of 2018 * One of Newsweek's 50 Best Books of 2018 * A Billboard Best of 2018 * A New York Times Book Review "New and Noteworthy" selection
The author of the critically acclaimed Your Favorite Band is Killing Me offers...
Rock and Roll Will Save Your Life
A Book by and for the Fanatics Among Us
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Drooling fanatic, n. 1. One who drools in the presence of beloved rock stars. 2. Any of a genus of rock-and-roll wannabes/geeks who walk around with songs constantly ringing in their ears, own more than 3,000 albums, and fall in love with at least one record per week.
With a life that’s spanned...