Rock music - History and criticism
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I Hate Old Music, Too: How Familiarity & Overuse Killed Our Favorite Music
$37.43 Add to cartAn edgy, witty, and opinionated critical analysis of “classic rock” in the 21st century, discussing everything from modern remixes of classic albums (why?) to concert ticket prices, Record Store Day,
- Author: Thompson, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 282
- Publish Date: February 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1493073516
- Language: English
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Jack Bruce Composing Himself: The Authorised Biography
$24.95 Add to cartWhen Cream broke up in 1968 it was by no means a foregone conclusion that it would be Eric Clapton who would enjoy continued commercial success. After all, it was Jack Bruce who had the looks, and who
- Author: Shapiro, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 01 2010
- ISBN10: 1906002266
- Language: English
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What Is Rock and Roll?
$7.99 Read morePut on your dancing shoes and move to the music.
Rock and roll sprang from a combination of African-American genres, Western swing, and country music that exploded in post World War II America. Jim O’- Series: What Was?
- Author: O’Connor, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 22 2017
- ISBN10: 045153381X
- Language: English
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Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
$28.95 Read moreNeil Peart decided to drive his BMW Z-8 automobile from L.A. to Big Bend National Park, in Southwest Texas. As he sped along “between the gas-gulping SUVs and asthmatic Japanese compacts clumping in t… [more below]
- Author: Peart, Neil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: August 03 2004
- ISBN10: 1550226649
- Language: English
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The Beatles: Fab But True: Remarkable Stories Revealed
$29.99 Read moreThe Beatles: Fab but True examines 16 discrete stories about the Beatles that range from the merely unreal to the cosmically coincidental. Unlike the countless other Beatles books that have been writt… [more below]
- Author: Wolfberg, Doug
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764366831
- Language: English
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She’s a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll
$25.99 Add to cartGillian G. Gaar’s critically acclaimed, breakthrough book, the first full history of women in rock and pop ever written, became an instant classic upon its publication in 1992.
Arranged chronologicall- Series: Live Girls
- Author: Gaar, Gillian G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: July 17 2008
- ISBN10: 1580050786
- Language: English
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Heavy Rotation: Twenty Writers on the Albums That Changed Their Lives
$15.99 Add to cartColm T ib n on Joni Mitchell – James Wood on The Who – Stacey D’Erasmo on Kate Bush – Daniel Handler on Eurythmics – Lisa Dierbeck on the Pretenders – Clifford Chase on the B-52s . . . and other write
- Author: Terzian, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 23 2009
- ISBN10: 0061579742
- Language: English
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So Many Roads: The Life and Times of the Grateful Dead
$25.99 Add to cartFifty years after they first came together and changed the sound of rock ‘n’ roll, the Grateful Dead remain one of rock’s most beloved bands — a musical and cultural phenomenon that spans generations… [more below]
- Author: Browne, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 520
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0306824477
- Language: English
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Season of the Witch: How the Occult Saved Rock and Roll
$18.00 Read moreThis epic cultural and historical odyssey unearths the full influence of occult traditions on rock and roll — from the Beatles to Black Sabbath — and shows how the marriage between mysticism and mus… [more below]
- Author: Bebergal, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0399174966
- Language: English
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Kerrang! Living Loud: Four Decades on the Frontline of Rock, Metal, Punk, and Alternative Music
$30.00 Read moreRelive the greatest moments in the last 40 years of hardcore, punk, and metal with this incredible book by Kerrang!, alternative music’s most trusted publication.
Celebrate 40 years of Kerrang! with- Author: Kerrang!
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 074406953X
- Language: English
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The History of Rock & Roll, Volume 2: 1964-1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock
$39.99 Add to cartFrom rock and roll historian Ed Ward comes a comprehensive, authoritative, and enthralling cultural history of one of rock’s most exciting eras.
It’s February 1964 and The Beatles just landed in New Y- Series: History of Rock & Roll #2
- Author: Ward, Ed
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 1250165199
- Language: English
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Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock’n’roll as Literature and Literature as Rock ‘N’roll
$17.95 Add to cartVintage presents the paperback edition of the wild and brilliant writings of Lester Bangs–the most outrageous and popular rock critic of the 1970s–edited and with an introduction by the reigning dea… [more below]
- Author: Bangs, Lester
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 12 1988
- ISBN10: 0679720456
- Language: English
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Traveling Music: The Soundtrack to My Life and Times
$19.95 Add to cartNeil Peart decided to drive his BMW Z-8 automobile from L.A. to Big Bend National Park, in Southwest Texas. As he sped along “between the gas-gulping SUVs and asthmatic Japanese compacts clumping in t… [more below]
- Author: Peart, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 380
- Publish Date: June 24 2004
- ISBN10: 1550226665
- Language: English
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Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock and Roll, 1947-1977
$26.95 Add to cartA prizewinning historian and journalist who has covered the pop music scene for more than three decades, James Miller brings a powerful and challenging intellectual perspective to his recounting of so… [more below]
- Author: Miller, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: September 19 2000
- ISBN10: 0684865602
- Language: English
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The Ink in the Grooves: Conversations on Literature and Rock ‘n’ Roll
$19.95 Add to cartDrop the record needle on any vinyl album in your collection, then read the first pages of that novel you’ve been meaning to pick up–the reverberations between them will be impossible to miss. Since
- Author: Dore, Florence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1501766201
- Language: English
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Fangirls: Scenes from Modern Music Culture
$17.95 Read more“To be a fan is to scream alone together.” This is the discovery Hannah Ewens makes in Fangirls: how music fandom is at once a journey of self-definition and a conduit for connection and camaraderie;
- Series: American Music
- Author: Ewens, Hannah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 1477322094
- Language: English
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Illustrated History of Rock
$24.95 Add to cartTrace the history of rock and roll with this playful journey through the decades, artists and styles that make this such a diverse and beloved art form. For children and parents alike, this colorful a… [more below]
- Author: Monteagudo, Susana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1584237848
- Language: English
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The Gospel of the Hold Steady: How a Resurrection Really Feels
$40.00 Add to cart“Plenty of rock bands treat their fans like congregants. But, not many shine a light on the arrangement. Fewer still go as far as The Hold Steady, whose lead vocalist and lyricist, Craig Finn, has a d
- Author: The Hold Steady
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140955
- Language: English
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Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore
$34.95 Add to cartChoosing Death is widely recognized as the definitive history of extreme music subgenres. For this revised and expanded edition, author Albert Mudrian (editor-in-chief of Decibel magazine) reveals the… [more below]
- Author: Mudrian, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1935950169
- Language: English
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Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
$19.00 Add to cartOne of Oprah Daily’s 20 Favorite Books of 2021 – Selected as one of Pitchfork‘s Best Music Books of the Year
An epic achieveme
“One of the best books of its kind in decades.“ —The Wall Street Journal- Author: Sanneh, Kelefa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 0525559612
- Language: English
