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5) Rock
Author
Publisher
Rourke Corp
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A history of rock and roll music from its beginnings in rhythm and blues to the present day, including a discussion of the electric guitar, and rock star Elvis Presley.
10) Diamond dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Provides a window into a moment when both phantasmatic and real relationships between straightness and queerness, between blackness and whiteness, and between utopia and dystopia, were in flux; Bowie in the mid-1970s both exemplified and had a hand in creating the complex and contradictory opening of possibilities now seen as the hallmark of that decade"--
12) Hangin' tough
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Omnibus Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"Wild, defiant and startlingly inventive, The Slits were ahead of their time. The author speaks to The Slits themselves, to former manager Don Letts, mentor and PIL guitarist Phil Levene and many other friends and colleagues to discover exactly how The Slits phenomenon came about and to celebrate the legacy of a seminal band long overdue its rightful acclaim."--Global Books in Print
16) Sgt. Pepper at fifty: the mood, the look, the sound, the legacy of the Beatles' great masterpiece
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Five decades after it's release in 1967, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band remains a keystone of the Beatles' career -and of popular music as a whole. Regularly cited as the greatest album of all time, it is a record soaked in, and thrillingly evocative of, the sights, sounds, and modd of the sixties at their most joyously psychedelic"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"From the heroes of classic blues rock with the likes of Hendrix, Clapton, Page and Beck to modern artists such as Jack White and Muse's Matt Bellamy, this comprehensive catalogue of guitarists covers a wide range of musical styles. Learn what inspired them to create the music that led to their legendary status, how they achieved such greatness and the tools they used to get to the top"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In 2012, Tim Burgess of the Charlatans published his hugely successful and critically acclaimed memoir, Telling Stories. Tim really enjoyed his new role as an author, and so here it is: Tim Book Two - a tale of Tim's lifelong passion for records, the shops that sell them, and the people who make them. In some ways, the biggest events in Tim's life happened in the couple of years after he had finished writing his first book rather than in the forty...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Speaking to hundreds of fans from the UK, US, Europe, and Japan, Ewens tells the story of music fandom using its own voices, recounting previously untold or glossed-over scenes from modern pop and rock music history. In doing so, she uncovers the importance of fan devotion: how Ariana Grande represents both tragedy and resilience to her followers, or what it means to meet an artist like Lady Gaga in person. From One Directioners, to members of the...
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