Rock category: 3054 books
Rock in a Hard Place
Music and Mayhem in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
A muggy night in Abu Dhabi, 2011. Under the stadium lights a 30,000-strong sea of Libyans, Palestinians, Syrians and Egyptians wait in anticipation. Alongside them are Saudis, Iranians and Israelis. Defiance and excitement course through the crowd like electricity. Standing together, they are waiting...
by John Dougan
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2006
Released in the U.S. in January 1968, The Who Sell Out was, according to critic Dave Marsh, a complete backfire--the album sold well, but not spectacularly [and was] ultimately a nostalgic in-joke: Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such a thing? Further rarifying its in-joke status was its...
Who Did It First?
Great Rock and Roll Cover Songs and Their Original Artists
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2014
“Everybody has to start somewhere. Businessmen start on the ground floor and try to work their way up the corporate ladder. Baseball players bide their time in the minor leagues wishing for an opportunity to move up and play in the majors. Musical compositions aren’t very different – some songs...
by HowExpert
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2011
If you have any plans of putting up your own rock band then check this " How To Start a Rock Band" guide.
In this step-by-step guide you'll enjoy the following benefits:
- Learn choose the genre and search for band members.
- Discover organizational issues.
- Learn how to choose instrument...
Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll
The Science of Hedonism and the Hedonism of Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Full of noise and color, Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll looks at scientists and their craft, how hedonistic impulses inform our highest pursuits, and how the renegades of science have illuminated the secrets of our deepest impulses. It is a fascinating tale of scientists on the edge, experimenting...
by Richard Balls
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Here is the complete, no-holds-barred biography of the late, great self-made Essex lad himself!The abrasive Dury always met life head on, in his relationships and in his music, and this acclaimed biography does not shrink from chronicling some of his darker moments as well as his triumphs. Author...
A Fan's Tribute to the Beatles
Growing up with John, Paul, George and Ringo
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2012
The Beatles were the largest selling group of the past decade as determined in the year 2010. Their popularity as a rock group has its longevity in the fact that their music is timeless. Their diversity and ingenious song writing is a factor in their ongoing success as well.
This e-book...
by Bob Yates
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2017
The Angels roared out of the 1970s with multi-platinum albums, hits and record-breaking tours. The band was formed by the trio of Rick and John Brewster and Doc Neeson. Songs from their classic albums are as pertinent today as they were when they were released, thanks to John and Rick, the genius...
MBGU Rock Curriculum: Fluid Soloing, Book 1
Arpegios for Lead Rock Guitar
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
A modern arpeggio handbook and comprehensive training manual for developing fast, flowing arpeggio runs that connect the entire fretboard. Emphasis is on developing fluid, non-shifting arpeggio patterns (across the neck) using hammer-ons and pull-offs for speed and fluidity; and also on developing...
Let the Good Times Roll
My Life in Small Faces, Faces, and The Who
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The long-awaited memoir of the legendary drummer's life and times in the bands Small Faces, Faces, and The Who.
From the Mod revolution and the British Invasion of the 1960s, through the psychedelic era of the 1970s, and into the exuberance and excesses of stadium rock in the 1980s, Kenney...
Wounds to Bind
A Memoir of the Folk-Rock Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
The dawn of folk rock comes to life in Jerry Burgan’s unforgettable memoir of the pre-psychedelic 1960s and the summer that changed everything.
As a naïve folksinger from Pomona, California, Burgan was thrust to the forefront of the counterculture and its aftermath. The Byrds, the Rolling...
by Jeff Burger
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
Few bands have made as much of an impact on popular and rock music than Led Zeppelin. With rumours and speculation abound, often it's hard to tell the facts from the fiction. Now, with
Led Zeppelin On Led Zeppelin you can hear the truth in their own words, in interviews ranging from 1957 to 2012,...
Revolver
How the Beatles Re-Imagined Rock 'n' Roll
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Acquired wisdom has always put Sgt. Pepper at the head of the class, but it was Revolver that truly signaled The Beatles' sea change from a functional band to a studio-based ensemble. These changes began before Rubber Soul but came to fruition on Revolver, which took an astonishing 300 hours to produce,...
by Sean L. Maloney
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2017
From the "War on Hippies" to the Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, the story of Modern Lovers is a high octane tale of Brutalist architecture, rock 'n' roll ambition and the struggle for identity in a changing world. One of punk rock's foundational documents, the archetype for indie obsession...