(Paperback)

Examines punk as a movement. This book contains descriptions of the sounds, and places those sounds in the context of history. Drawing on many fanzines, magazines, and newspapers, it provides a portrait of the ways in which punk was an expression of defiance. It covers many of the legendary punk bands, as well as the obscure, forgotten ones.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

As a result, hes seen ghosts up close and personal, whether it be while combing through an abandoned house in his native Iowa as a child or recording an album in the fabled Houdini Hollywood Hills mansion. Simply put, hes seen ghosts, but he hasnt seen Jesus.

(Hardback)

A guide to locating information on popular music and the people who create it, this volume is designed as a desk referenceto locate answers to specific questions and to direct library users to key resources.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

The Grateful Dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth century. Not just a brilliant rock biography, it forms a compelling portrait of America's West Coast from the halcyon days of Magic Buses and Merry Pranksters to the corporate dawn of the twenty-first century.

(Paperback)

A Da Capo original: Thirty years' worth of music writing by one of the first and greatest rock scribes and a fiercely imaginative cultural critic.

(Hardback)

Product information not available.

(Paperback)

In April 1974, 500 million television viewers across Europe witnessed the bizarrely thrilling sight of four garishly-dressed unknowns from Sweden storm their way to victory in the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was 'Waterloo'. Abba had arrived.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

Showcasing individual effort and talent, the single-artist album has been adopted by artists such as Neil Young to produce unique additions to their discographies. Steve Hamelman terms this type of project as AlphaSoloism, and gathers eleven scholars to explore eleven unique single-artist albums.

(Paperback)

A discography of jazz trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong's groundbreaking musical career, with detailed information about all his works, from professionally made commercial releases to amateur and unissued recordings.

(Paperback)

George Harrison was always known as the 'quiet Beatle'. This biography reaffirms Harrison's importance as an innovative and hugely talented musician and shows that, as a member of the most important band ever, as well as in his multi-faceted career after the Beatles, Harrison was no ordinary man.

(Paperback)

An invaluable resource, a trove of lore for anyone interested in The Velvet Underground, their roots, and legacy.

(Hardback)

These essays document the American experience as recorded in popular sound, relating topics concerning 20th century music to issues of politics, society and culture. The focus is to place music in societal perspective and encourage investigation of the issues behind popular tunes.

(Paperback)

These essays document the American experience as recorded in popular sound, relating topics concerning 20th century music to issues of politics, society and culture. The focus is to place music in societal perspective and encourage investigation of the issues behind popular tunes.

(Paperback)

John Evans, a twenty-two-year-old farmhand from Snowdonia, Wales, travelled to America to discover whether there was indeed, as widely believed, a tribe of Welsh-speaking native Americans still walking the great plains.

(Hardback)

Product information not available.

(Hardback)

Born to legendary singer Nat "King" Cole in the halcyon days of the 1950s, Natalie Cole grew up to become a versatile singer all the way to a Grammy Award-winning status. But that success came with a price, where she was dragged down by depression and drugs. This is her autobiography.

(Paperback)

The authors document the numerous attempts to ban or censor rock music, and dramatically show how it has been blamed for everything from anarchy and juvenile delinquency to drugs, deafness, teen pregnancy, suicide, abortion, pornography, and even murder. Here is the complete history of that "sick, repulsive, horrible, and dangerous" music as seen by its enemies.

(Paperback)

At fourteen, Toronto school friends Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever.

(Paperback)

As the handsome (and much-married) leader of a series of big bands and small groups in the 1930s and 1940s, clarinetist Artie Shaw achieved measures of fame and fortune that temporarily eclipsed those of his great rival, Benny Goodman.

(Hardback)

In this incisive examination, author Kevin Courrier (Dangerous Kitchen: the Subversive World of Zappa, Randy Newman's American Dreams) examines how the Fab Four, through their astonishing music and comically rebellious personalities, created the promise of an inclusive culture built on the principles of pleasure and fulfillment.