Music - Genres & Styles - Rock

An instant New York Times bestseller The definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword and afterword by Double Trouble's Chris Layton and Tommy Shannon. Just a few years after he almost died from a severe...

Along with The Beatles, The Rolling Stones were the key group of the sixties; headline makers, style icons, trend setters - but most of all the force behind a string of brilliant singles and albums that have come to define the era. If The...

This album-matching folio features transcriptions, complete with tab, to 58 of The Stones' greatest early hits. Includes: Jumpin' Jack Flash * Honky Tonk Woman * Wild Horses * Brown Sugar * Sympathy for the Devil and 52 more -- over 300 pages of music.Author:...

The greatest interviews with the greatest rock stars, movie stars, and cultural icons -- uncensored and unfiltered -- are published together in one remarkable volume in celebration of Rolling Stones 40th anniversary.Author: Joe LevyISBN-10: 0316005266ISBN-13: 9780316005265Publisher: Back Bay BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/2007Pages: 496Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize:...

Detroit Rock City is an oral history of Detroit and its music told by the people who were on the stage, in the clubs, the practice rooms, studios, and in the audience, blasting the music out and soaking it up, in every scene from...

A collection of interviews--some vintage, some recent, and some brand-new--Conversations with the Dead is the first (and only) book in which the Grateful Dead speak in their own words about their music and their lives. David Gans, a self-professed Deadhead and host of "The...

Musician, composer, producer: Brian Eno is unique in contemporary music. Best known in recent years for producing U2's sensational albums, Eno began his career as a synthesizer player for Roxy Music. He has since released many solo albums, both rock and ambient, written music...

The Beach Boys have been rolling, like the tide their great songs evoke, for more than thirty years, reaching professional peaks and tragic personal depths. In this electrifying account Steven Gaines reveals the gothic tale of violence, addiction, greed, genius, madness, and rock 'n'...

NATIONAL BESTSELLEROn the twenty-fifth anniversary of Kurt Cobain's death comes a new perspective on one of the most compelling icons of our timeIn early 1991, top music manager Danny Goldberg agreed to take on Nirvana, a critically acclaimed new band from the underground music...

- YOUR ONLY SOURCE for the most complete listing of celebrity guitar picks from the classic rock era - for the beginner to the most seasoned collector. Rock & Roll memorabilia dealers and guitar pick collectors alike will find this guide invaluable. - OVER...

An expanded edition of the classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground--with the first biography of Coil, Current 93, and Nurse With Wound. This newly expanded edition of England's Hidden Reverse, the classic exploration of the English esoteric musical underground that includes the...

Nu Metal: A Definitive Guide revisits one of the most remarkable eras of heavy music, when mainstream charts, magazines, radio, and TV were all taken over by a host of diverse artists performing their own brands of hard rock and heavy metal. This book...

The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island...

Decades before reality television was invented, Ozzy Osbourne was subversive and dark. Ozzy was the singer in the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, and they meant business. In an era when rock bands were measured by how 'heavy' they were, no one was weightier...

Written in 1968 and revised in 1972, Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom was the first book to celebrate the language and the primal essence of rock 'n' roll. But it was much more than that. It was a cogent history of an unruly era, from the rise...

(Chart). This second edition features over 90 of the greatest songs from the legends of Liverpool, including: All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Eleanor Rigby * Got to Get You Into My Life * A Hard Day's Night *...

It has been more than thirty-five years since Jimi Hendrix died, but his music and spirit are still very much alive for his fans everywhere. Charles R. Cross vividly recounts the life of Hendrix, from his difficult childhood and adolescence in Seattle through his...

An unflinching look at the rise of one of the most recognizable names in pop music -The Police The Police have sold more than 50 million albums, made Rolling Stone's Greatest Artists of All Time list, and finished a triumphant world reunion tour in...

The cofounder of Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver, and Walking Papers shares what the hard-knock rock life has taught him about how to be a good dude (in spite of it all). One wouldn't usually turn to a veteran of Guns N' Roses for...

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...

Were They Ever Here at All? More Epic Tales of the Grateful Dead is author Scott W. Allen's third and final installment in his written histories of the revered San Francisco group, updating the Dead's history through August 2022. Mr. Allen's series of biographies...

Experience the exclusive, behind-the-scenes story of one of the biggest bands of the ninetiesIn 1985, Mark Bryan heard Darius Rucker singing in a dorm shower at the University of South Carolina and asked him to form a band. For the next eight years, Hootie...

Soul Asylum has been a leading force on the alternative rock scene since the 1980s behind Dave Pirner's passionate and inspired songwriting. Beginning with his high school band, the Schitz, and then the precursor to Soul Asylum, Loud Fast Rules, Pirner's songs have run...

A riveting memoir that works its magic like a slow-acting drug, revealing the story of Jim Morrison's first love, a long-lost friendship, and the man who existed before the Doors.In the spring of 1965, Bill Cosgrave was smuggled across the border into the United...

An in-depth look at the influence of the Grateful Dead and hippie culture on contemporary fashion and street style by GQ's style-in-the-wild correspondent and fashion expert Since the formation of Dead & Company, a new breed of Deadhead has emerged: someone who appreciates stylish...

The Seattle music scene burst onto the world stage as the 20th century ended. But most accounts of this phenomenon, from Time magazine to MTV to uncountable "Cobain-sploitation" books, sucked. Despite what clueless media said, there never was one single "Seattle Sound." But there...

The seminal British band Motorhead have been rocking since 1975 and, led by the legendary Lemmy, show no signs of letting up. From early classics "Ace Of Spades," "Overkill" and "No Sleep Til Hammersmith" the band have racked up an incredible 25 albums, with...

In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, veteran writer and lifelong Deadhead Michael Benson argues that the Grateful Dead are not simply a successful rock-and-roll band but a phenomenon central to American culture. He defends the proposition that the Grateful Dead are, in fact, a...

"A historical compilation to savor" (Los Angeles Times) that is "invaluable...irresistible" (The New York Times)--the ultimate collection of interviews and encounters with Nobel Laureate Bob Dylan, spanning his entire career from 1962 to today. Bob Dylan: The Essential Interviews features over two dozen of...

THE EAGLES FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT CLASSIC ROCK'S SUPERSTARSAuthor: Andrew VaughanISBN-10: 1480385417ISBN-13: 9781480385412Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/10/2015Pages: 354Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d

Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture is a collection of work by photographer Jim Marshall, who created iconic images of rock 'n' roll stars, jazz greats, and civil rights leaders. This career-spanning volume showcases hundreds of photographs evoking the sights and sounds of the...

(Essential Elements Guitar). The songs in Hal Leonard's Essential Elements Guitar Ensemble series are playable by multiple guitars. Each arrangement features the melody (lead), a harmony part, and a bass line. Chord symbols are also provided if you wish to add a rhythm part....

Winner of the Oregon Book Award for General Nonfiction and Los Angeles Times bestseller "It makes good music sound better."-Janet Maslin in The New York Times "A fascinating look into the West Coast recording studio scene of the '60s and the inside story of...

In this epic exploration of the Pacific Northwest's esteemed garage rock traditions, Peter Blecha, Seattle's "rock 'n' roll archaeologist " skillfully weaves together the untold tales behind the rise of the region's early dance halls, recording studios, record labels, radio stations, and 1950s rockabilly,...

Formed in 1968, Jethro Tull are one of rock's most enduring bands. Their 1971 album Aqualung, with its provocative lyrical content and continuous music shifts, is Tull's most successful and most misunderstood record. Here, music professor and fan Allan Moore tackles the album on...

"It's fascinating to read this alternative history of pop music, as Land of a Thousand Dances offers a wealth of anecdotes, interviews, and facts that have never been so meticulously documented. The book helps fill one of the biggest gaps in the rock timeline,...

The Velvet Underground is arguably one of the most influential American rock bands ever. Based on interviews with former members Lou Reed, John Cale, and Sterling Morrison, as well as others from Andy Warhol's circle of artistic collaborators, Up-Tight is the definitive oral and...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Complete tab transcriptions for "The Blue Album: " Buddy Holly * Holiday * In the Garage * My Name Is Jonas * No One Else * Only in Dreams * Say It Ain't So * Surf Wax America * Undone -...

Two entwined narratives run through the creation of Swordfishtrombones and form the backbone of this book. As the 1970s ended, Waits felt increasingly constrained and trapped by his persona and career. Bitter and desperately unhappy, he moved to New York in 1979 to change...

Through a series of interviews with a wide range of people connected to Pink Floyd in their earliest days (including Nick Mason, Peter Jenner, Jenny Fabian, Storm Thorgerson, Duggie Fields and Peter Whitehead), John Cavanagh paints a vivid picture of how this remarkable debut...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Features transcriptions of all the songs from Pink Floyd's 1973 landmark release that spent an incredible 741 weeks on the Billboard album chart: Any Colour You Like * Brain Damage * Breathe * Eclipse * The Great Gig in the Sky...

The first definitive biography of the ultimate American rock bandHow did a pair of little Dutch boys trained in classical music grow up to become the nucleus of the most popular heavy metal band of all time? What's the secret behind Eddie Van Halen's...

There's a reason today's ubiquitous pop hits are so hard to ignore--they're designed that way. The Song Machine goes behind the scenes to offer an insider's look at the global hit factories manufacturing the songs that have everyone hooked. Full of vivid, unexpected characters--alongside...

Cameron McGill's debut collection of poetry, In the Night Field, spotlights the effects of memory: its startling artistry, varied discontents, and casual fallibility. These poems chart the complex relationship between mental health and place; the difficult paths home can be lonely and circuitous, the...

WINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZE A GUARDIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2015 FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID MITCHELL In America, in London, in Amsterdam, in Paris, revolutionary ideas fomenting since the late 1950s reached boiling point, culminating in a year in...

The story of Van Halen is a wild ride through '80s excess, infamous infighting, and a seemingly hellbent desire to self-sabotage. Somehow the group made it through it all, rising above the drama to become one of the bands etched into the very foundation...

Rez Metal captures the creative energy of Indigenous youth culture in the twenty-first century. Bridging communities from disparate corners of Indian Country and across generations, heavy metal has touched a collective nerve on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona in particular. Many cultural leaders--including former...

A look back at four decades of music in Minneapolis through the lens of one of the most prolific and renowned photographers on the scene. Daniel Corrigan was a photographer on the Minneapolis music scene since the early '80s, just as the scene was...

GET SCHOOLED IN ROCK WITH ROCK TRIVIA MADNESS Rock and Roll. For more than 60 years, it has been the soundtrack to our lives. Albums like "Highway 61 Revisited", "Born to Run" and "Nevermind" have helped us make sense of who we are. Not...

CAPRICORN RISING: CONVERSATIONS IN SOUTHERN ROCK is a collection of interviews with many of the stars, producers, and associates of the 1970s Southern record label, Capricorn, which was founded in the heart of Macon, Georgia in 1969. Author Michael Buffalo Smith has been interviewing...