Genres & Styles - Rock
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The Velvet Underground and Nico
$14.95 Read moreThe Velvet Underground and Nico has influenced the sound of more bands than any other album. And remarkably, it still sounds as fresh and challenging today as it did upon its release in 1967. In this … [more below]
- Series: 33 1/3 #11
- Author: Harvard, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 31 2004
- ISBN10: 0826415504
- Language: English
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Live Dead: The Grateful Dead, Live Recordings, and the Ideology of Liveness
$26.95 Add to cartThe Grateful Dead were one of the most successful live acts of the rock era. Performing more than 2,300 shows between 1965 and 1995, the Grateful Dead’s reputation as a “live band” was-and continues t… [more below]
- Series: Studies in the Grateful Dead
- Author: Brackett, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: December 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1478025484
- Language: English
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The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds
$14.95 Add to cartPet Sounds is, rightly, one of the most celebrated pop albums ever released. It has also been written about, pored over, and analyzed more than most other albums put together. In this disarming book,
- Series: 33 1/3 #19
- Author: Fusilli, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0826416705
- Language: English
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Grunge Is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music
$22.95 Add to cartGrunge Is Dead weaves together the definitive story of the Seattle music scene through a series of interviews with the people who were there. Taking the form of an “oral” history, this books contains … [more below]
- Author: Prato, Greg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: April 01 2009
- ISBN10: 1550228773
- Language: English
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Close to the Edge: How Yes’s Masterpiece Defined Prog Rock
$27.95 Add to cartThe first half of the 1970s was an especially fertile period for British progressive rock, laying claim to classics such as Tarkus, Selling England by the Pound, Larks’ Tongues in Aspic, The Dark Side… [more below]
- Author: Romano, Will
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: January 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1617136174
- Language: English
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Haight-Ashbury, Psychedelics, and the Birth of Acid Rock
$29.95 Add to cartIlluminates the beginnings, downfall, and legacy of the acid-inspired, spontaneous, and playful approach to life and music in Haight-Ashbury from 1964-1967.
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Campbell, Robert J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: July 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1438493363
- Language: English
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Hal Blaine & The Wrecking Crew
$23.00 Add to cartHal Blaine came to Hollywood in the late 1950s with a dream of becoming a studio drummer. Over the next 25 years he recorded nearly 35,000 tracks of music and became the heartbeat and backbone of majo
- Author: Blaine, Hal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 30, 2022
- ISBN10: 188840812X
- Language: English
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Pink Floyd All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
$60.00 Read moreA comprehensive look at the unique recording history of Pink Floyd, one of the world’s most commercially successful and influential rock bands. Pink Floyd All the Songs tells the full story of every r… [more below]
- Series: All the Songs
- Author: Guesdon, Jean-Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: October 24 2017
- ISBN10: 031643924X
- Language: English
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Ducktails, Drive-ins, and Broken Hearts: An Unsweetened Look at ’50s Music
$29.95 Add to cartAn unflinching look at the triumphs and tragedies of ’50s rock and roll, from the biggest stars, like Chuck Berry and Carl Perkins, to those who barely grabbed the spotlight.
- Series: Excelsior Editions
- Author: Davis, Hank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 362
- Publish Date: June 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1438492685
- Language: English
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Total F*cking Godhead: The Biography of Chris Cornell
$28.00 Add to cart“The new Chris Cornell biography is the book his legacy deserves.” —Kerrang
“Reiff unearths plenty of unexpected details and novel anecdotes…but the book is perhaps most valuable for the way it ro- Author: Reiff, Corbin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: July 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 1642932159
- Language: English
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AC/DC Trivia Book
$12.89 Add to cart150 million albums later, AC/DC still lives on as one of the best, high-voltage rock experiences to ever grace the stage and radio.
Angus, Malcolm, and the boys took off from humble beginnings in Sydne
- Author: Raynes, Dale
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 146
- Publish Date: August 12, 2021
- ISBN10: 1955149275
- Language: English
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Laurel Canyon: The Inside Story of Rock-And-Roll’s Legendary Neighborhood
$20.00 Add to cartMichael Walker’s Laurel Canyon presents the inside story of the once hottest rock and roll neighborhood in LA.
In the late sixties and early seventies, an impromptu collection of musicians colonized a- Author: Walker, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0865479666
- Language: English
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The Beatles Please Please Me to with the Beatles
$39.98 Read morePlease Please Me and With The Beatles, along with their associated singles, introduced the Beatles first to England and then to several countries across the world, including Canada and the United Stat… [more below]
- Series: Beatles Album
- Author: Spizer, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798986319063
- Language: English
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Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track
$60.00 Add to cartA new, definitive look at one of music’s greatest songbooks, by two expert authors.
The latest in the bestselling All the Songs series, Bruce Springsteen: All the Songs is the most in-depth explorati- Author: Guesdon, Jean-Michel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: October 06, 2020
- ISBN10: 1784726494
- Language: English
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Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981-1991
$22.99 Add to cartThe definitive chronicle of underground music in the 1980s tells the stories of Black Flag, Sonic Youth, The Replacements, and other seminal bands whose DIY revolution changed American music forever. … [more below]
- Author: Azerrad, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: 2-Jul-02
- ISBN10: 0316787531
- Language: English
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The Art of Darkness: The History of Goth
$36.95 Add to cartThis is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk er
- Author: Robb, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 546
- Publish Date: 23-Mar-23
- ISBN10: 1526173204
- Language: English
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The Doors Unhinged: Jim Morrison’s Legacy Goes on Trial
$17.95 Add to cartThe Doors drummer Densmore rockets through his tumultuous six-year lawsuit against former bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger in this no-holds-barred account . . . Throughout, the author’s initia… [more below]
- Author: Densmore, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1636141579
- Language: English
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Bridge and Tunnel Boys: Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel, and the Metropolitan Sound of the American Century
$31.95 Read moreBorn four months apart, Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel both released their debut albums in the early 1970s, quickly becoming two of the most successful rock stars of their generation. While their cr
- Author: Cullen, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: October 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 1978835221
- Language: English
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I, Tina: My Life Story
$16.99 Add to cart“The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself–something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.” -Tina Turner
The m
- Series: icon!t
- Author: Turner, Tina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 01, 2010
- ISBN10: 0061958808
- Language: English
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Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine
$100.00 Add to cartSeveral years ago, a treasure trove containing some 6,000 original Bob Dylan manuscripts was revealed to exist. Their destination? Tulsa, Oklahoma.
The documents, as essential as they are intriguing-- Author: Davidson, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1734537795
- Language: English
