Music - Genres & Styles - Rock

Please 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 States. Although often overlooked due to the excellence of the group's later albums,...

The blazing rock opera of the greatest drummer of all-time, Jim Gordon, from the legendary Wrecking Crew to redefining rock on the Seventies' biggest hits and outrageous tours, and ultimately to the most shocking crime in rock history--a story of musical genius, uncontrollable madness,...

(Easy Piano Personality). Easy arrangements of 16 super hits from Phil Collins' solo career. Includes: Against All Odds * Another Day in Paradise * Both Sides of the Story * Easy Lover * A Groovy Kind of Love * In the Air Tonight *...

Master The Rhythm Guitar Secrets of Rock & Metal's PioneersRip some holes in your skinny jeans and get out your headbands - it's time to rock out like it's 1987 and discover the style that defined a generation. 1980s Rock Rhythm Guitar Mastery is...

The year 2019 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain, an artist whose music, words, and images continue to move millions of fans worldwide. As the first academic study that provides a literary analysis of Cobain's creative writings, Arthur Flannigan Saint-Aubin's...

Taken from the acclaimed BBC Radio 6 Music show, The First Time invites you inside the lives of some of the music world's most notable legends. From Alice Cooper to Yoko Ono, Courtney Love to Elton John, follow their lives and careers starting with...

The life of an icon, in his own words.David Bowie had a unique relationship with the BBC, making more appearances on 'the beeb' than any other broadcaster throughout his career. An anonymous pre-fame teenager, a blossoming starlet, a white-hot rock star and a veritable...

This is the first biography of the Black Keys. Emerging from the rust belt city of Akron, guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Pat Carney formed the duo in 2001. As perpetual underdogs who recorded their first two albums in Carney's basement, the Black Keys...

Considering the work of such artists as Madonna, George Clinton, U2, Elvis Costello, and Nirvana, the contributors deftly combine the rigors of scholarship with the energy of rock journalism to provide an analysis at once critical, contextualized, and enthusiastic. While a number of scholars...

Of all the musical developments of rock in the 1960s, one in particular fundamentally changed the music's structure and listening experience: the incorporation of extended improvisation into live performances. While many bands--including Cream, Pink Floyd, and the Velvet Underground--stretched out their songs with improvisations,...

The 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 to be--sustained by thousands of live concert recordings from every...

The guitar has become the most emotive musical instrument of the last 50 years of rock and roll. From the early days when wannabee stars fashioned homemade guitars out of old tea chests, to today's sophisticated instruments the impact has been phenomenal.Drawing on his...

A unique tribute from David Bowie's official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie's blessing. In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbreaking album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. With it landed Bowie's Stardust...

"A Poetic Tribute to BTS_ Celebrating the Resilience and Impact of an Esteemed Group" In celebration of its 10th Anniversary "Beyond the Story of BTS" is a poignant and thought-provoking poem that is a tribute to the prevalent South Korean music phenomenon, BTS. This...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). 14 songs from this Californian punk metal band's CD of their top hits. Includes: All I Want * (Can't Get My) Head Around You * Come Out and Play * Gone Away * Gotta Get Away * Hit That * The...

Take a deep dive into one of the best-selling albums ever on the 50th anniversary of its release with this beautifully produced and authoritatively written slipcased edition. Veteran rock critic Martin Popoff leaves no stone unturned in taking apart The Who's generation-spanning masterpiece, Quadrophenia,...

Most of the many books about David Bowie track his artistic 'changes' chronologically throughout his career. This book, uniquely, examines Bowie's 'sameness': his recurring themes, images, motifs and concepts as an artist, across all his creative work, from lyrics and music through to costumes,...

A fascinating look at how one man and his invention revolutionized the sounds of the guitar and rock 'n' roll forever--from humble beginnings to the world's largest concert stages. Weaving exclusive interviews with many artists and other industry people, Jim Reilly sheds light on...

In 1985, Suzanne Vega released her debut, garnering platinum status in the U.K and this New York-based singer-songwriter's self-titled album claimed the number 80 spot on Rolling Stone magazine's 100 Best Albums of the Eighties. Vega began her career as an ambitious 'second wave'...

In the summer of 1973, a 19-year-old, Kevin Cummins, photographed David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust. Thus began a 40-year relationship of the celebrated photographer and the iconic singer. In David Bowie: Mixing Memory & Desire, world-renowned rock photographer, Kevin Cummins, selected some of his...

(Guitar Recorded Versions). Note-for-note transcriptions with tab for all 14 songs from the 2002 best-of compilation by this extraordinarily influential band. Includes their recently released final recording "You Know You're Right," and these huge hits from throughout their celebrated career: About a Girl *...

How To Be A Rock Star is the long-awaited memoir by former EMI head of A&R David Ambrose. Co-authored by acclaimed music writer Lesley-Ann Jones, the book is a riveting rewind through Ambrose's years as a rock musician, performing and recording with Rod Stewart,...

The first full-length biography of Eddie Van Halen--a searching, affectionate, and in-depth look at the remarkable life of a genuine musical virtuoso who changed the course of rock 'n' roll. "The game changing guitar legend gets the biography he deserves.... Diligently researched, perceptive and...

"[W]ill command the rapt attention of casual fans and scholars alike." Booklist, Starred Review - This 2nd book in the Prince Studio Sessions series chronicles the years immediately following the Purple Rain era. Author: Duane TudahlISBN-10: 1538166348ISBN-13: 9781538166345Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2022Pages:...

In September 1967, the Beatles came to Tonypandy, South Wales, and spent six days with Tom Morris of 23 Upper Chemical Terrace ... In August 1967, the Beatles were stunned by the death of their manager and mentor Brian Epstein. In the immediate aftermath,...

The most authoritative work on the creation of Bowie's music ever published "This is a book unlike any other, the definitive analysis of David's music, told in a quiet natural way, but with absolute authenticity, by the people around him" - Hermione Farthingale "J駻e...

With "virtuosic vulnerability" (The Atlantic), the iconic bassist and Red Hot Chili peppers co-founder pens a love letter to a youth spent wild in Los Angeles in his raw and riveting coming-of-age memoir.In Acid for the Children, Flea takes readers on a deeply personal...

The first comprehensive biography of Alice In Chains from its genre-forging years on the hard edge of grunge to the tragic death of lead singer Layne Staley and the band's comeback.Alice in Chains were among the loudest voices out of Seattle. They were iconic...

Marc Bolan was the very first superstar of the Seventies. As the seductive focus of "T Rex", he revelled in fame and fortune, released a string of classic records, but then lost his way, bingeing on cocaine and booze and apparently heading for obscurity....

Celebrate over 50 years of The Beatles' Yellow Submarine with this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation. The Beatles are recruited by the Captain of the Yellow Submarine to help him free Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the world of Pepperland from the...

"This may well become the definitive biography of Carpenter.... Pop music fans will appreciate this strong biography." --Library Journal, Starred Review. 40 years after singer Karen Carpenter's death, Lucy O'Brien reevaluates her life and legacy, honoring her triumphs over her struggles, and casts her...

From Steven Adler, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses, comes My Appetite for Destruction, the inside story of GNR. Offering a different perspective from the bestselling Slash, Adler chronicles his life with the band, and own intense struggle with addiction, as seen on...

As the 1960's drew to a close, the gathering at Woodstock defined a moment in history and redefined the world of music and politics over the course of a single weekend. From the Cuban Missile Crisis to the Vietnam war, Woodstock placed three days...

Alfred's Best series centers around impeccable piano/vocal/guitar arrangements of the most loved and recognizable songs in modern music. Best Rock Songs highlights tunes from various artists such as The Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Journey, Pink Floyd, Leon Russell, Chicago, and many more Titles: 25...

Pop music would be a different beast without the B-Side. Music history is riven with songs deemed throwaway that revolted against their lowly status and refused to be denied. Be it rock'n'roll's national anthem ('Rock Around The Clock'), disco's enduring game-changer ('I Feel Love')...

From male bisexuality to religion in pop, Little Richard spent the 1950s pioneering ideas that are still too challenging for the mainstream. As a Black multimillionaire rock star, he was the most exciting person on the planet between 1955 and 1957, the years in...

Fully illustrated with over 200 black and white images. Featuring Angeline Morrison, Sendelica, Us and Them, Earthling Society, Beautify Junkyards, Octopus Sing, Schizo Fun Addict, Crystal Jacqueline, Soft Hearted Scientists, Ghost Box Records, Mordecai Smyth, the Chemistry Set, Rowan Amber Mill, Sand Snowman, Dodson...

From the beginning, the Beatles acknowledged in interviews their debt to Black music, apparent in their covers of and written original songs inspired by Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Fats Domino, the Shirelles, and other giants of R&B. Blackbird goes deeper, appreciating unacknowledged forerunners, as...

One of the music world's pre-eminent critics takes a fresh and much-needed look at the day Dylan "went electric" at the Newport Folk Festival, timed to coincide with the event's fiftieth anniversary.On the evening of July 25, 1965, Bob Dylan took the stage at...

Author: Phil StrongmanISBN-10: 0752882414ISBN-13: 9780752882413Publisher: W&nLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/22/2007Pages: 320Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.99lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.67d

No Boomer-esque celebration of the "music that defined an era," Rock and Roll vs. Modern Life is instead a deeply critical analysis of rock and roll as a chaotic, caterwauling project to upend the foundational presumptions of postwar values. What we have here is...

Drawing on contributions from remaining members, contemporaneous musicians, critics, filmmakers, and the generation of artists who emerged in their wake, this "monumental origin story" celebrates the legacy of the Velvet Underground, which burns brighter than ever in the 21st century (New York Times bestselling...

1. Mapping the multifarious.- 2. Complex identities.- 3. Origin Unknown.- 4. Inner City Life.- 5. Original Nuttah.- 6. Super Sharp Shooter.- 7. Heterocorporealities.Author: Jo HallISBN-10: 1137375108ISBN-13: 9781137375100Publisher: Palgrave MacMillanLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/20/2018Pages: 245Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.63d

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This second edition features 20 of Elton's best ballads arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames. Songs include: Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Candle in the Wind * Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me *...

David Nichols tells the story of Australian rock and pop music from 1960 to 1985 - formative years in which the nation cast off its colonial cultural shackles and took on the world. Generously illustrated and scrupulously researched, Dig combines scholarly accuracy with populist...

Jim Sullivan spent 26 years writing about music for the Boston Globe and two decades more writing for national publications. He has interviewed and reviewed countless musicians, many of them multiple times. Access to such A-list stars is hard to come by in the...

In 1981, fifteen-year-old Nikki McWatters is living in a Gold Coast suburb, dragging herself through humdrum schooldays and dreaming of losing her virginity to a rock star. With three friends she starts the Vulture Club for aspiring groupies - and so begins a festival...

A creative analysis of the The Pet Shop Boys' fifth album "Very," Smile If You Dare examines topics as diverse as technological paradise, sexual paranoia and representations of class in British pop music. As well as a keen critical edge, itis equipped with an...

(Educational Piano Library). 8 classic Elton John songs arranged as intermediate solos: Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Candle in the Wind * Crocodile Rock * Goodbye Yellow Brick Road * Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word * Tiny Dancer * Written...

Playing Like Kurt Cobain: The Nevermind Tabs Book is a must-have for all Nirvana fans and guitar enthusiasts. This book contains the accurate guitar tablature for every song on the iconic album "Nevermind," including hits like "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come As You Are,"...