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In 1986, when Bon Jovi’s third studio album, Slippery When Wet, was released, America had found its next superband. In Bon Jovi: America’s Ultimate Band, Margaret Olson chronicles the history and music of the band from its inception to present day. She closely examines Bon Jovi’s musical and...

ELO (Electric Light Orchestra) were formed by Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne of The Move as a fusion of rock and contemporary classical-style music, combining orchestral instruments, guitars, keyboards, and drums in the same line-up. Their aim was to continue from where The Beatles’ ‘I am the Walrus’...

The explosive story of the Sex Pistols is now so familiar that the essence of what they represented has been lost in a fog of nostalgia and rock ’n’ roll cliché. In 1976 the rise of the Sex Pistols was regarded in apocalyptic terms, and the punks as visitors from an unwanted future bringing chaos...

Elvis Presley, histoires & légendes - Edition 2017   En visite chez Elvis, le chanteur de hard rock Alice Cooper, a vécu un épisode pour le moins surprenant : « Elvis m’a amené dans sa cuisine, il a ouvert un tiroir, a pris un pistolet chargé, et m’a demandé...

Les chansons des Rolling Stones L’histoire de chansons mythiques... Dès lors qu’ils annoncent qu’ils vont reprendre la route, les Stones continuent de jouer à guichets fermés dans des stades accueillant les fans par milliers ou dizaines de milliers. En...

Easter Sunday, 2009, was the Sunday heard ‘round the evangelical internet: NewSpring Church, the second-largest church in the Southern Baptist Convention and among the top one hundred largest churches in the US, had begun their service with the song “Highway to Hell” by hard rock band AC/DC....

Elton John: Diamonds, released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin, is the ultimate greatest hits collection from Elton John, bringing together all his landmark hits, including ‘Tiny Dancer’, ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘Candle In The Wind’, as...

Blur have established themselves as one the greatest British bands of all time; Brit-Pop pioneers, with She's So High and There's No Other Way, yet constantly experimenting and reinventing themselves, through the 'art-pop' of Parklife and Country House, the indie-rock of Beetlebum and Song 2, as well...

This is the first-ever complete, illustrated history of Fleetwood Mac, the legendary band that has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. From this British-American band's blues origins in the 1960s to its pop superstardom in the 1970s and 1980s to its 2015 reunion, Fleetwood Mac has endeared...

Rock and roll pioneer and Newport native Sonny Burgess is a member of the Rockabilly Hall of Fame. In this book full of personal interviews and remembrances, Burgess and his band tell of their original recordings for Sun Records in the 1950s; their shows with greats such as Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash,...

For the Beatles, 1967 marks a signal crossroads that would both transform the group’s career and place them on a trajectory towards their eventual disbandment. It was a year in which they exploded prevailing rock music demographics through the global onslaught and international success of Sgt. Pepper’s...

The Wrong Outfit is a powerful novel about a boy called Adam Nedman, who grows up through the 1970s and 80s and is greatly affected by both Football and Punk. Perhaps Adam was just in the wrong place at the wrong time? Or perhaps he was in the right place but at the wrong moment? He could never quite...

This instalment of Really Easy Piano contains a terrific collection of 16 songs by Bob Dylan, the troubadour folksinger, rebellious rock legend and recent Nobel Prize-winning writer. These easy piano arrangements are complete with background notes and a host of playing hints and tips to enable you...

In the tradition of Carl Wilson’s Let’s Talk About Love, an unforgettable account of fame, fandom, and the problem of making art in the twenty-first century In his multi-hyphenate ambitions, the musician who calls himself Juiceboxxx couldn’t be more modern—you might call him a punk...