Music Styles 14

A personal diary of 1964, when the music world changed forever 1964 was the year of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, mod fashions and Mary Quant – the year the British pop scene really made its impa……続きを見る

Neil Young is one of rock and roll’s most important and enigmatic figures, a legend from the sixties who is still hugely influential today. He has never granted a writer access to his inner life – u……続きを見る

Hey! Nietzsche! Leave them Kids Alone! Why do goths wear black? Why do rock singers make that 'jesus' shape on stage? Why do songs about death and despair make us feel good? And why can't you get no……続きを見る

"There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musica……続きを見る

Michael Steinberg's highly successful listener's guides--The Symphony and The Concerto--have been universally praised for their blend of captivating biography, crystal clear musical analysis, and de……続きを見る

At fourteen, Toronto school friends Steve 'Lips' Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Forming their band 'Anvil' they went on to become the 'demi-gods of Canadian metal', rel……続きを見る

When David Lines first heard This is the Modern World by The Jam, it sparked off a love affair that continues to this day. Paul Weller became the blueprint for David's life, and he followed his musi……続きを見る

An explosive biography of one of America's most notorious bands - Mötley Crüe. Mötley Crüe were formed in Los Angeles in 1981, and have since gone on to become one of America's biggest-selling and n……続きを見る

Stephen Davis’s brilliantly-written personal account of criss-crossing America with Led Zeppelin on their 1975 tour. A warts-and-all snapshot of the world’s biggest hard-rock band at their peak. As ……続きを見る

The first compact history of jazz to place it within broader context. With an eye on the music, the musicians, and the audience, Mr. Peretti traces the emergence of jazz and follows its progress to ……続きを見る

Brown Eyed Handsome Man: The Life and Hard Times of Chuck**Berry draws on dozens of interviews done by the author himself and voluminous public records to paint a complete picture of this complicate……続きを見る

Jarvis Cocker is widely regarded as one of the most original and memorable lyricists and performers of the last three decades. Here, for the first time, is a selection of sixty-six lyrics, presented……続きを見る

The legendary Greek figure Orpheus was said to have possessed magical powers capable of moving all living and inanimate things through the sound of his lyre and voice. Over time, the Orphic theme ha……続きを見る

Each of the 28 songs from White Album are “profiled” in this volume of Beatle Song Profiles. Beatle Song Profiles are concise commentaries on every Beatle song. The song profiles describe the son……続きを見る

These are lyrics to several songs I wrote over a period of a few weeks. Most are Pink Floydish type songs, one is a straight up love song, and the others are...well....I was drunk and listening to s……続きを見る

Emerging from the New Wave music scene of the late ‘70s, The Cars catapulted to success with the very first singleー“Just What I Needed”ーoff of their debut album. Led by Ric Ocasek, the lead vocali……続きを見る

The first major book on the post-punk legends! Wire were the seventies band who perhaps did more than any other to usher in the post-punk age. Author Paul Lester has interviewed the four original me……続きを見る

This full length biography is the first comprehensive account of a truly legendary artist. It covers every aspect of the life and career of a man who has never seemed to be in the slightest danger o……続きを見る

Autobiography by the singer and creative force of 70s rock group The Stranglers. This edition does not include illustrations. This is the first autobiography by any leading figure from the punk era ……続きを見る

Pop music, screaming fans, incredible tours – being a Pop Star certainly has rewards… Available for the first time in eBook, the classic sex comedy from the 70s. Timmy Lea needs a new job, and Noggo……続きを見る

In the middle of the conservative 1950s, rock and roll hit popular culture like an explosion a Big Bang, Baby! And the fallout from that explosion is still electrifying music fans today. Popular mus……続きを見る

The official and definitive biography of the legendary first ten years! The Nightwish saga is a heavy metal fable as dramatic and tumultuous as the band's epic symphonic music. Mape Ollila charts th……続きを見る

Offering new insight into Lennon and Ono as individuals, artists and lovers, Days That I’ll Remember is a gifted music journalist’s memoir of a seismic time in music, politics and culture and one of……続きを見る

Formed in the 1960s, progressive rock band Procol Harum are best known for their multimillion-selling single "A Whiter Shade of Pale" which is the most played record by a British artist of the last ……続きを見る

Updated for Christmas 2013! James King is tired of ‘Step Into Christmas’. He’s tired of ‘All I Want for Christmas is You’. He’s tired – if it’s possible – of ‘Fairytale of New York’. It’s time for a……続きを見る

L'histoire des grands tubes du rock :  Satisfaction, Like a Rolling Stone, Eleanor Rigby, Paris s’éveille, Melody Nelson, Stairway to Heaven, Hotel California, Weathering Heights, Sultans of……続きを見る

An epic joyride through three history-making tours in 1973 that defined rock and roll superstardomーthe money, the access, the excessーforevermore. The Who’s Quadrophenia. Led Zeppelin’s Houses of t……続きを見る

'Van Morrison,' says Greil Marcus, 'remains a singer who can be compared to no other in the history of modern popular music.' When Astral Weeks was released in 1968, it was largely ignored. When it ……続きを見る

Grunge, also known as the 'Seattle sound', is the sludgy fusion of punk rock and heavy metal that emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the early part of the 1980s. But it was the unexpected, seemin……続きを見る

The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Forty years after his death, Elvis Presley remains one of the world's most beloved and iconic figures. There has been an impressive array of bestselling Elvis ……続きを見る