Rock category: 3054 books
Bon: The Last Highway
The Untold Story of Bon Scott and AC/DC’s Back In Black
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
The death of Bon Scott is the Da Vinci Code of rock
In death, AC/DC’s trailblazing frontman has become a rock icon, and the legend of the man known around the world simply as “Bon” grows with each passing year. But how much of it is myth?
At the heart of Bon: The Last Highway is...
by Mark Perry, Danny Baker
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
“1977 is the Queen's jubilee year, well let's make it our year as well. Let's get out and do something. Chuck away the f•••••g stupid safety-pins, think about people's ideas instead of their clothes. This "scene" is not just a thing to do in the evening. It's the only thing around...
Willin'
The Story of Little Feat
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The saga of the legendary Los Angeles band Little Feat is one of rock ’n’ roll’s great stories. Formed in 1969 by ex-members of Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, Little Feat created groove-heavy music that was an irresistible mix of rock, blues, R&B, country, jazz, soul, and funk.
Fronted...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Do you know who are the most popular duo of all time?Simon & GarfunkelThis is another in the series of tributes to rock and roll heroes of the past and present. Simon & Garfunkel only produced 5 albums together before breaking up in 1971, but they are the sound of the Sixties and will...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Everyone knows that Aretha Franklin is the Queen of Soul. Growing up in Detroit, she was the daughter of one of the most charismatic evangelists in the city. So, you would think she would become a great gospel singer and she did. But it was in R&B and Soul that she is best know. Aretha was the first...
Aerosmith
The Fall and the Rise of Rock's Greatest Band
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
In Aerosmith, Martin Huxley chronicles the fall and the rise of rock's greatest band. Read about the origins of mega rockstars Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, Tom Hamilton, Brad Whitford, and Joey Kramer--from the group's near break-up to their path of success that would eventually lead to them to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
We Never Learn
The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Includes a code for free CD download of many of the bands featured in this book! Nirvana, the White Stripes, Hole, the Hives – all sprang from an underground music scene where similarly raw bands, enjoying various degrees of success and hard luck, played for throngs of fans in venues ranging from...
Dylan Goes Electric!
Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night that Split the Sixties
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
One of the music world’s pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan “went electric” at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event’s fiftieth anniversary.
On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at Newport Folk Festival,...
Everything in its Right Place
Analyzing Radiohead
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
More than any rock artist since The Beatles, Radiohead's music inhabits the sweet spot between two extremes: on the one hand, music that is wholly conventional and conforms to all expectations of established rock styles, and, on the other hand, music so radically experimental that it thwarts any learned...
by Nina Antonia
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
New! Updated and revised edition of Nina Antonia's cult classic rock biography of The Only Ones' front man Peter Perrett.With a new introduction by John Cooper-ClarkeThis edition has a lengthy additional chapter which brings it bang up to date (June 2015) and also includes an exclusive interview...
by James Hoag
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2015
"It's All About the Music!"Welcome to another in the Legends of Rock & Roll series.This is, like the others, a mini-biography of one the greatest of American performers and bands, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. Come with me for a walk down memory lane as I review the life...
Stealing All Transmissions
A Secret History of the Clash
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Stealing All Transmissions is a love story. It’s the story of how the Clash fell in love with America and how America loved them back. The romance began in full in 1977, when select rock journalists and deejays aided the band’s quest to depose the rock of indolence that dominated American airwaves....
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...
Mystery Train
Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll Music: Sixth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
The perfect gift for music fans and anyone who loves artists like Elvis Presley, Randy Newman, Sly Stone, Robert Johnson, and Harmonica Frank.
In 1975, Greil Marcus’s Mystery Train changed the way readers thought about rock ’n’ roll and continues to be sought out today by music fans and...