Avant Rock: Experimental Music from the Beatles to Bjork (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812695007)

Critiquing avant-garde rock bands from the 1960s to the present, Bill Martin examines how social upheaval gave rise to this new form of musical expression. He covers early experimentation by artists such as James Brown; initiation into the mainstream and the resulting adaptations by the Beatles and the Who; and continues into the present looking at how groups like Stereolab, Sonic Youth, Jim O'Rourke, and others continue to innovate. An annotated discography is included.

Author: Bill Martin
ISBN-10: 0812695003
ISBN-13: 9780812695007
Publisher: Open Court
Language: English
Published: 02/12/2002
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.61d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2001 pg. 1742
Library Journal 02/01/2002 pg. 101
Booklist 02/01/2002 pg. 915