Music - Genres & Styles - Rock

Whether you want to become a tour guide or are already working in the industry, How to Be an Award-Winning Tour Guide can help transform your guiding skills from basic to brilliant and open new doors to one of the world's most exciting professions....

"Unique and highly personal. The photos are beautiful and vivid, providing an eyewitness account of this remarkable moment in time. "--Dennis Elsas, WFUV-Radio and Sirius XM On-Air Personality, from his Foreword Fifty years have passed by the impact of the Woodstock music festival--three days...

We All Want to Change the World provides a cogent and fascinating evaluation of post-World War II American commercial music and its complex, multi-faceted impact on the world of politics.Author: Tom WaldmanISBN-10: 1589790197ISBN-13: 9781589790193Publisher: Taylor Trade PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/24/2003Pages: 316Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.42lbsSize: 9.34h x...

Aerosmith. Elvis Presley. Michael Jackson. Nine Inch Nails. Ozzy Osbourne. U2. What do all of these artists have in common? They're rich and rowdy rock 'n' roll renegades whose wild stunts, dumb quotes, and out-of-control lifestyles are featured in Rock Stars Do the Dumbest...

(Easy Guitar). This fantastic collection assembles ten of the very best from DMB for easy guitar with tab. Includes: Ants Marching * The Best of What's Around * Crash into Me * Crush * Don't Drink the Water * Satellite * So Much to...

By 1987, David Bowie was at a creative, critical, and commercial low. His most recent album was dismissed by the music press, his latest tour written off as a disaster. Fifteen years after becoming the most colourfully controversial superstar in recent rock history, Bowie...

A Tale of Twisted Fate chronicles Bob Dylan's rapid ascent to immortality as the preeminent songwriter of his time, and contrasts that with the Grateful Dead's long strange trip, during which they went from being a psychedelic band with a cult following to the...

Finally, a brilliant exploration of the German rock band Can's 1971 album Tago Mago. This hugely unique and influential album deserves close analysis from a fan, rather than a musicologist. Novelist Alan Warner details the concrete music we hear on the album, how it...

'I'm going to camp out on the land ... try and get my soul free'. So sang Joni Mitchell in 1970 on 'Woodstock'. But Woodstock is only the tip of the iceberg. Popular music festivals are one of the strikingly successful and enduring features...

Being Time invites a deep consideration of the personal experience of temporality in music, focusing on the perceptual role of the listener. Through individual case studies, this book centers on musical works that deal with time in radical ways. These include pieces by Morton...

To wander the streets of a bankrupt, often lawless, New York City in the early 1970s wearing a T-shirt with PLEASE KILL ME written on it was an act of determined nihilism, and one often recounted in the first reports of Richard Hell filtering...

Author: James P. AlexanderISBN-10: 162249315XISBN-13: 9781622493159Publisher: Biblio PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/01/2016Pages: 244Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.63lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.51d

The second book in The Vinyl Dialogues series by award-winning journalist Mike Morsch features interviews with classic rock artists such as John Oates of Hall & Oates, Bruce Johnston of the Beach Boys, Don Felder of the Eagles, Elliot Easton of the Cars, Clem...

The new book by Mike Morsch features interviews with Rock luminaries such as Hall & Oates, Stevie Van Zandt, Dave Mason, Edgar Winter, Joe Vitale, The Doobie Brothers, Al Stewart and more. The Vinyl Dialogues offers the stories behind 31 of the top albums...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). All 16 tracks from the band's acclaimed 2010 concept album transcribed note for note with tab. Includes the hit single "Isolation" and: All Hope Is Gone * Breathe Again * Coeur D'Alene * Fallout * Ghost of Days Gone By *...

Bill Haley - the man who brought rock 'n' roll into the mainstream. His song "Crazy Man, Crazy" was the first rock 'n' roll song to break the Billboard Top 20 in 1953 and was followed by his evergreen "We're Gonna Rock Around the...

As our world was racked by military conflicts, governmental scandals, political assassination attempts, and a near-total erosion of the public trust, Pink Floyd emerged victorious, responding to this external dissonance with their ultimate band statement.Author: Will RomanoISBN-10: 1617136840ISBN-13: 9781617136849Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/17/2020Pages: 328Format:...

FLEETWOOD MAC FAQ: ALL THAT'S LEFT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ICONIC ROCK SURVIVORSAuthor: Ryan ReedISBN-10: 1617136670ISBN-13: 9781617136672Publisher: Backbeat BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/01/2018Pages: 376Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.30lbsSize: 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.90d

In October 2016, the Swedish Academy finally conceded to a quarter-century's worth of clamorous petitions and sustained lobbying enacted by a chorus of poets, novelists, songwriters, and academics. At long last, Bob Dylan was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, his vast corpus spread...

The true life story of Elvis's original guitarist, the masterful Scotty Moore When Elvis Presley first showed up at Sam Phillips's Memphis-based Sun Records studio, he was a shy teenager in search of a sound. Phillips invited a local guitarist named Scotty Moore to...

The iconic life and career of the famed guitarist of the Rolling Stones is detailed in this compilation of interviews that spans the last 50 years. Featuring articles from GQ, Melody Maker, and Rolling Stone, as well as interviews that have never previously appeared...

It was 1967. Judy Huddleston's parents had just gotten divorced, and she spent her last year of high school attending Doors concerts. Transformed from a perceptive child into a rebellious teenager bent on attracting boys and fueled by psychedelics, she had lost her sense...

The bible of music's deceased idols--Jeff Buckley, Sid Vicious, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac, Elvis--this is the ultimate record of all those who arrived, rocked, and checked out over the last 40-odd years of fast cars, private jets, hard drugs, and reckless living. The truths behind...

"If I had a name like Wyndham Wallace I would not associate or correspond with anyone with a simple name like mine. However, since you have lowered yourself to such depths, how can my old Indian heart (west not east) not respond favourably." -...

Return Of The King tells the story of a tumultuous period in the life of Elvis Presley. By 1967, The King Of Rock 'n' Roll was all but washed-up, thanks to a string of bland movie roles and lackluster records. But within a year...

This special edition features a new cover in celebration of Robert Smith's curation of the Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre in London in June 2018. The cover image is Vella's photograph of Robert featured on the posters advertising the festival.The content is the...

In 1980, John Bonham, considered one of the greatest drummers of all time, died under tragic circumstances. Two months later, a simple letter signed by fellow band members Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, and John Paul Jones stated that Bonham could not be replaced. After...

Robert Dean Lurie's biography is the first completely researched and written since R.E.M. disbanded in 2011. It offers by far the most detailed account of their formative years--the early lives of the band members, their first encounters with one another, their legendary debut show,...

The astonishing outpouring of rock 'n' roll in the 1960s in Australia and New Zealand gave birth to such iconic bands such as the Easybeats, the Masters Apprentices, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, the Purple Hearts, and the Missing Links. It also launched the...

Beyond his work as a musician, Jon Langford has attracted attention as a visual artist in recent years. Nashville Radio is the first collection of his art. It reproduces 215 paintings, as well as song lyrics and autobiographical writings. The book includes a CD...

(The Little Black Songbook). This little book packs in over 80 Oasis tunes with chords and complete lyrics for each. Songs include: Be Here Now * Better Man * Champagne Supernova * Cum on Feel the Noize * D'You Know What I Mean? *...

Extreme metal--one step beyond heavy metal--can appear bizarre or terrifying to the uninitiated. Extreme metal musicians have developed an often impenetrable sound that teeters on the edge of screaming, incomprehensible noise. Extreme metal circulates on the edge of mainstream culture within the confines of...

How did Calvin Harris go from stacking shelves in his local supermarket to such astonishing global success? He's come a long way from making music in his bedroom in his native Dumfries but since bursting onto the music scene with "Acceptable in the 80s"...

Many people dream of meeting their favorite rock star or celebrity. Several years ago I met a rock star from a very famous 1980's rock band. We met, became friends, had a brief relationship, and remain in contact to this day. If this small-town...

Exotic Pentatonic Soloing for Guitar covers the 'Robben Ford', 'Lydian', 'Iwato', 'Hirojoshi' 'm7b5' and 'Hindu' Pentatonic Scales, plus many more. Each scale is taught around the five CAGED shapes with five exciting licks for each scaleAuthor: Simon Pratt, Joseph AlexanderISBN-10: 1789330602ISBN-13: 9781789330601Publisher: WWW.Fundamental-Changes.comLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

Five Years Ahead of My Time: Garage Rock from the 1950s to the Present tells of a musical phenomenon whose continuing influence on global popular culture is immeasurable. The story begins in 1950s America, when classic rock 'n' roll was reaching middle age, and...

he Experience: Jimi Hendrix at Masons Yard is the boldest story of 1967, a defining moment in history when a young prodigy from Seattle stormed London, broadcasting live on the BBC, changing music forever and forging his own legend in the immortal halls of...

Are you a romantic optimist with a cheery disposition? You might be a "Paul." Brooding, introverted, and artistic? You are probably a "John." If you tend to take life as it comes with a happy go-lucky attitude, most likely you are a "Ringo." Thoughtful,...

A revealing insider's account of Led Zeppelin's 1975 North American tour from the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods. As a young music journalist in 1975, Stephen Davis got the opportunity of a lifetime: an invitation to cover the sold-out 1975 North American...

The New York Times bestselling epic tale of the last great rock band From the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods comes the complete story of Guns N? Roses ? from their drug-fueled blastoff in the 80s to the turbulent life of legendary...

Woodstock has often been called the coming of age of a generation, but that was a convenient spin. Woodstock was the opportunity that a half-million people took to show the world that they were of age, and quite capable of demonstrating that living in...

Woodstock has often been called the coming of age of a generation, but that was a convenient spin. Woodstock was the opportunity that a half-million people took to show the world that they were of age, and quite capable of demonstrating that living in...

Milwaukee hasn't earned a reputation as a launching pad for hopeful rock stars, but for generations it has had the perfect acoustics for the garage band rock scene. Of course, the whole point of garage rock is that every place has the perfect acoustics,...

The music that has been produced in Memphis over the past 100 years is as unique and diverse as the city itself. Growing out of the Mississippi Delta, the Memphis blues have been transported worldwide by such ambassadors as B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf....

Look Wot I Dun is the story of Slade told through the eyes of drummer Don Powell whose life was shattered when, in 1973 at the height of the group's fame, he was involved in a horrific car crash. Unflinching in his honesty, Powell...

In 1963, Brian May and his father started to build the Red Special--an electric guitar meant to outperform anything commercially made. Here, Brian talks about his one-of-a-kind instrument, which he played on every single Queen album and during the band's amazing shows. Along with...

To millions of fans AC/DC will always be the greatest hard rock band of them all. From their formation in Sydney, Australia in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, AC/DC have made the most visceral and single-minded rock, and inspired generations of rock...

Throughout most of the twelve years between their formation and disbanding after the death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin was regarded as arguably the most influential group in popular music since The Beatles. While seen as pioneers of British heavy rock, their sound...

With an eclectic blend of country, alternative rock and classic pop, Wilco was born out of the influential alt-country group Uncle Tupelo in 1994. Led by Jeff Tweedy, Wilco then made a series of albums that won varying levels of acceptance. From the relatively...

The indispensable consumers' guide to the music of Led Zeppelin. An album by album, track by track, run-down of every song released by Led Zeppelin, from their classic first album to their best selling albums of the seventies and beyond. Also includes details of...