Music - Genres & Styles - Rock

The third in Garry Bushell's series based around the year 1979. This is the amazing story of his eye witnessing the birth of the new wave of British heavy metal. Featuring his writings 'as it happened' (mainly for the weekly Sounds). This is a...

As the influential drummer from iconic rock 'n' roll band The Hollies, Bobby Elliott has six decades worth of musical anecdotes. Continually touring since 1963, his adventures have seen him beating Keith Moon in a drumming audition for Shane Fenton and the Fentones, being...

Author: Peter KearnsISBN-10: 1789520819ISBN-13: 9781789520811Publisher: Sonicbond PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/15/2021Pages: 176Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.60d

"When Ben got out of the hospital he said, 'When I fall down and can't pick myself up we'll know it's over. Until then, we rock!'" - Jeff Carlisi Benjamin Orr was the co-founder, co-lead singer, and bassist for the platinum-selling rock band The...

This is the first full-length biography of Keith Relf, frontman for the Yardbirds and one of the great tragic characters in rock history. Keith's moody vocals and harmonica helped to define the Yardbirds' sound on a string of innovative hit records in the 1960s...

A legendary journalist presents his rock 'n' roll journey, featuring more than one hundred short interviews with popular musicians from 1967 to 1973.Author: Michael ObermanISBN-10: 1493050923ISBN-13: 9781493050925Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2020Pages: 472Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.38lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.95dReview Citation(s): Library Journal 10/01/2020 pg....

'A compelling personal account of the dramas of a singular British band' Neil Tennant The trajectory of Suede - hailed in infancy as both 'The Best New Band in Britain' and 'effete southern wankers' - is recalled with moving candour by its frontman Brett...

A precise yet disorienting look at the exhilaration of music, the process of memory, and the moments when the world becomes new, by the acclaimed songwriter and author of The Book of Drugs "[Mike Doughty's writing is] astonishingly vital, energized, and natural. . ....

The tiny Sun studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, may not have looked like much from the outside, but inside musical miracles were being performed daily by its enigmatic owner, Sam Phillips. Phillips began more or less as a talent scout for...

Mark Evans joined AC/DC in 1975, at only nineteen years old, when they were one of the hardest working and loudest rock bands in Australia. In the next few years AC/DC recorded four bestselling albums, and Mark found himself headlining world tours and living...

Between 1994 and 1996, music writer Paolo Hewitt spent the greater part of his life on the road with Oasis, in the U.K., Europe and America. He came back with tales that would cement the legend of the brawling, effing, hedonistic, charismatic, confessional and...

100 Classic Rock Licks for Guitar is different to every other guitar lick book available. It's not simply a cold list of licks, it is a breakdown of the playing styles of the world's most important rock guitarists. You won't just copy lines verbatim,...

The Beatles Off The Record is the most comprehensive oral history of The Beatles ever published - an 'as it happened' story of the greatest pop group of them all. Featuring a wealth of quotes from the Sixties by John, Paul, George and Ringo...

The Kings of Leon came from America's Deep South in 2003 and made an impact on the British music scene that was more immediate and long-lasting than any other new band in years. They embarked on a sex, drug and booze-fuelled rampage through the...

An album-by-album account of working with iconic artists such as Anthony Kiedis, Michael Stipe, Gord Downie, and Bono, from a leader in the field Mark Howard, a record producer/engineer/mixer and a trailblazer in the industry, will take you through the star-studded world of recording...

In 1971, college-freshman Larry Singer approached a local concert promoter for permission to take concert photographs for his column in a small-town newspaper. Little did he know that, a verbal agreement and handshake later, he would have unrestricted access to countless rock-and-roll musicians that...

From the author of the celebrated classic LOUDER THAN HELL comes an oral history of the badass Heavy Metal lifestyle-the debauchery, demolition, and headbanging dedication-featuring metalhead musicians from Black Sabbath and Judas Priest to Twisted Sister and Quiet Riot to Disturbed, Megadeth, Throwdown and...

In Experiencing Peter Gabriel, author Durrell Bowman delves into the sounds and stories of the innovative, versatile, English pop icon. As not only a singer-songwriter and musician, but also a music technologist, world-music champion, and humanitarian, Gabriel has consistently maintained an unabashed individualism and...

The Irish rock band U2, and especially its frontman Bono, are among the most effective activists ever. U2 has convinced wealthy governments to forgive tens of billions of dollars in loans while spreading its activist messages to billions of people, helping save millions of...

In The Grail Guitar: The Search for Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze Telecaster, Chris Adams takes readers on a fascinating mystery tour to determine whether a Fender Telecaster bought secondhand in a London music store in 1973 was the one used by Jimi Hendrix to...

Elvis Presley's stature as the "King of Rock and Roll" will never be challenged. Between his first RCA hit single in 1956--the number-one smash "Heartbreak Hotel"--and his death in 1977, Elvis amassed more than 100 hits on the music charts. Presley's dominance on the...

When they were creating and releasing their most influential albums in the mid to late 1970s, Kraftwerk were far from the musical mainstream - and yet it is impossible now to imagine the history of popular music without them. Today, Kraftwerk are considered to...

A superb new study of Jerry Lee Lewis that's as intense and fast paced as the life of "The Killer" himself, from the height of fame to the bumpy road that followed."The category in which Jerry Lee Lewis truly belongs is 'Jerry Lee Lewis.'...

(Signature Licks Guitar). Explore the songs and solos of Southern rock guitar legend Duane Allman with this instructional book/online audio pack. Songs covered include: Blue Sky * Dreams I'll Never See * In Memory of Elizabeth Reed * It's Not My Cross to Bear...

(Bass Recorded Versions). Play all of Flea's basslines from all 28 tracks from the double-CD release, including: Charlie * Dani California * Desecration Smile * Especially in Michigan * and more. 2007 Grammy Winner for Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song, Best Rock PerformanceAuthor:...

(Guitar Play-Along). The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily Just follow the tab, listen to the online audio to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. The melody and...

"Eddie Trunk is one of the greatest true rock-and-roll fans I've ever met. He hears it, sees it from all angles, with an unusually unbiased point of view." --Slash "Eddie's a true flag-waving defender of all things rock." --Bret Michaels "Eddie's name should be...

In Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet, Seth Rogovoy, an award-winning critic and expert on Jewish music, rectifies that oversight, presenting a fascinating new look at one of the most celebrated musicians of all time. Rogovoy unearths the various strands of Judaism that appear throughout...

Riff-Raff, Rebels & Rock Gods chronicles the rise of the most exciting generation of British music and musicians the world has ever seen - before or since. In rapid succession came Ska, New Mod, anarcho-punk, Oi and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal....

This musical memoir traces the author's life in the corrugated-iron clad ruins of West London's Squat Land during the two years immediately prior to the Punk Explosion of '76, playing with Strummer's seminal garage band "The 101'ers" in the spit-and-sawdust music bars of the...

THE WHO FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT FIFTY YEARS OF MAXIMUM R&BAuthor: Mike SegrettoISBN-10: 1480361038ISBN-13: 9781480361034Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2014Pages: 394Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.05w x 0.85d

NOFX: The Hepatitis Bathtub and Other Stories is the first tell-all autobiography from one of the world's most influential and controversial punk bands. Alongside hilarious anecdotes about pranks and drunkenness and teenage failures--featuring the trademark NOFX sense of humor--the book also shares the ugliness...

The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who's somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at...

From the 1950s through the 1980s girl groups were hot --- and not just because of their looks. These rocking women had a profound impact on our culture and left us with a lifetime's worth of memorable tunes. Now you can learn about all...

Learn all about the major artists of Progressive Rock in this in-depth collection of biographies by German author/guitarist Torsten Foerster.Author: Torsten FoersterISBN-10: 1533641617ISBN-13: 9781533641618Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/06/2016Pages: 258Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.54d

Krautrock is one of the defining musical genres to emerge from the 1970s - learn all about the groups that made the movement in this book by author/musician Ralph Lemann.Author: Ralph LemannISBN-10: 1533132909ISBN-13: 9781533132901Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/07/2016Pages: 128Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 11.02h...

Detroit is famous for its cars and its music. From the 1950s through the 1970s, Motor City fans experienced a golden age of rock and roll. Rock was the defiant voice of the boomer generation. The 1960s and the 1970s were turbulent decades. Blacks...

Interview with Billy Gibbons about his four decade career and how ZZ Top came to be. Jimmie Vaughan talks about his friendship with Gibbons and how they first met. Award winning journalist and former Editor of Guitar Player Jas Obrecht gives us a timeline...

Following the success of his 2016 book Razama-Snaz! The Listener's Guide to Nazareth, Robert Lawson returns with this meticulous reviewing of every Cheap Trick album, song by song. In his book, Still Competition: The Listener's Guide to Cheap Trick, Lawson outlines the band's significant...

Progressive rock threw a wrench into popular music - learn all about this beloved and revered genre of rock and roll in this collection of articles by author/music historian Markus Freytag.Author: Markus FreytagISBN-10: 1519180187ISBN-13: 9781519180186Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/08/2015Pages: 290Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.49lbsSize:...

Shoegazing (also known as shoegaze) is a subgenre of alternative rock that emerged from the United Kingdom in the late 1980s and reached peak popularity in the early 1990s. Learn more about this particular genre in this book by author/musician Alexander Farrell.Author: Alexander FarrellISBN-10:...

Over 2,300 Bubble Gum Card images of The Beatles from 1959 to 1970. Over 20 sets of trading cards with images on the fronts and backs. It even includes many "Bootleg" sets with very rare images. There are even several sets from foreign countries...

Many Beatles authors and scholars have cited John F. Kennedy's assassination on 22 November 1963 as a cause of the Beatles' sudden popularity in the United States in early 1964. Their logic: Kennedy's assassination made America sad, then the Beatles made America happy again....

From a childhood spent among such key roots-music figures as Bob Wills and Big Joe Turner, and an extended dual career as a musician and journalist, Michael H. Price has forged this frenzied chronicle of life among the denizens of the vanishing borderlands of...

Combining oral and illustrated history with a connective narrative, Turn Up the Radio captures the zeitgeist of the Los Angeles rock and pop music world between the years of 1956 and 1972. Featuring hundreds of rare and previously unpublished photographs and images of memorabilia,...

Author: Carol Selby PriceISBN-10: 1587151022ISBN-13: 9781587151026Publisher: Borgo PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/01/1999Pages: 164Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Which Song is the Best and Why? Read it and see! Organized by rank, from 1 to 100, this illustrated celebration of the best songs by the boys who revolutionized rock-and-roll includes expert commentary, historical context, interview material, and lots of great sidebars (including...

The Beatles: Image and the Media charts the transformation of the Beatles from teen idols to leaders of the youth movement and powerful cultural agents. Drawing upon American mainstream print media, broadcasts, albums, films, and videos, the study covers the band's career in the...

The complete history of the photogenic Beatles is here told and illustrated with contemporaneous newspaper and magazine articles, memorabilia (from the collection of Peter Nash), and 750 classic, rare and unseen photographs drawn from the Associated Newspaper Archive.Author: Timothy G. HillISBN-10: 1566493986ISBN-13: 9781566493987Publisher: Welcome...

"Beautiful...a last transmission from a dying star." - Time Out One of the last works completed by beloved pop icon David Bowie before his death in early 2016, the otherworldy musical Lazarus is a poignant homage to his legacy. Inspired by the 1963 novel...