Rock Legends at Rockfield

(Hardback, 2nd New edition)

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A history of the legendary music studio behind Queen, Oasis, and moreupdated with new chapters about the last twenty years.

Rockfield is a recording studio that lives up to its name. Over the past fifty years, this rural Monmouthshire locale has played host to a bevy of British musical legendsfrom Robert Plant, Queen, and Black Sabbath to Oasis, the Stone Roses, Motrhead to present day acts like Thunder and The Dirty Youth. A rich narrative history packed with behind-the-scenes anecdotes, updated since its original 2007 release, Rock Legends at Rockfield features interviews with legendary artists who tell the bizarre tales behind modern classics like Queens Bohemian Rhapsody and Oasiss Live Forever. Along the way, Jeff Collins examines how these dilapidated farm buildings and solid-stone studios became one of the most famous brands in recording history. Not to be missed by any fan of British music or classic rock scholar,Rock Legends at Rockfield is an uproarious and eminently readable look at one of the most legendary studios in the world.

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"All in all, Rock Legends At Rockfield is an entertaining, informative and well written book. It is also important. In many ways one can trace an element of the history of rock as the studio enters different stages and different eras with up and coming bands. It is also a wonderful document of a studio that has meant a great deal to rock fans for years, whether they knew it or not."-- "Spill Magazine"

Author Bio

Jeff Collins is a broadcaster on Hard Rock Hell Radio, formerly a journalist at Sky News and BBC Wales among others. He is the author of Stuart Cable: From Cwmaman to the Stereophonics and Beyond.