Here is the ultimate illustrated history of rock & roll--the most important artists and their music, fully revised and updated for the 1990s. Here are eye-opening portraits and critical assessments of Elvis and Chuck Berry, the Beatles and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Madonna. Discographies on every important performer. Photographs throughout, ...
In this anthologized tribute to Nirvana's late front man, Kurt Cobain, the editors of Rolling Stone magazine offer previously published commentary, photographs, and interviews with the grunge icon, who allegedly took his own life at age 27.
This compilation in full colour of award-winning photographs from the "Rolling Stone" magazine, provides a visual chronicle of American pop music culture of the last 21 years as reflected in the magazine.
Interviews, articles, reviews, and trivia chronicle rock icon Neil Young's career--from his start with Buffalo Springfield through his years of fame with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, to his mainstream reemergence. Personal trials such as his sons' cerebral palsy are powerfully portrayed, and his continuing influence on other performers is ...
Over the course of dozens of albums, Johnny Cash distilled the ineffable joys and sorrows of his own life into countless albums. "Rolling Stone" takes a look at the dynamic life and career of the infamous "Man in Black."
This tribute to late Beatle George Harrison is assembled from articles published over the years in Rolling Stone magazine and is illustrated with both b&w and color photographs.
This volume of photographs from Rolling Stone magazine's archives includes both portraits and candid shots of the most important cultural icons of the last 30 years, some of which have never before been published. Attempting to capture the essence of each performer, the editors have chosen some amazing images, including '60s idols Janis Joplin and ...
This Georgia-based alternative rock band has developed legions of fans since 1981 and has been propelled to the top of the charts with albums such as 1991's Out of Time and hit songs like "Losing My Religion" and "Stand". Here Rolling Stone pays tribute to this hard-working group--America's preeminent college-radio band.
When Jerry Garcia died in 1995, people around the world mourned his death. As the lead singer and spiritual center of the traveling band the Grateful Dead, Garcia commanded a large and loyal following. This book, with its many striking photographs and illustrations and with its writings by some of rock journalism's biggest names, is a wonderful ...
A completely revised editon (the first since 1983) of the bestselling guide to popular recordings, featuring 2,500 entries and more than 12,500 album reviews. Covers every taste in music: Rock, pop, soul, rap, country, blues, folk, and gospel.
It is often difficult to assess the many new emerging music genres without some guidance from a well-respected voice to help differentiate the good from the mediocre, the classic from the fleeting. THE NEW ROLLING STONE ALBUM GUIDE provides readers with such direction, categorising the new sounds with insightful analyses and critical judgement. ...
In this lavishly illustrated history, the Rolling Stones look back at nearly four decades of touring the globe. Starting with their first "proper" tour in 1963, the band members recall their significant on-the-road experiences up until their Bridges to Babylon tour in 1998. Their reflections illuminate the contrast between "performing now and then ...
Rolling Stone magazine has long been respected for its in-depth coverage of serious issues and enjoyed for its irreverent and candid assessments of pop culture, trends and national and international affairs. Now, for the first time, the best of Rolling Stone's environmental essays are gathered together in a single volume, The Rolling Stone ...
In these 35 interviews, some of the major figures of the 1980s give their perspective on life, art, politics, sex, greed, and society. For pop culture fans, for music and movie buffs, for anyone wanting to know what the 1980s were all about, this book is required reading. Martin's--Pop Arts)
Decades of Rock & Roll is a true tome. With over 80,000 words and 100 images, it gives a new standpoint to half a century of rock & roll with top-rate journalism culled from the Rolling Stone archives. By giving information decade by decade, this book provides a fresh angle to the history of rock & roll; the contrasts and similarities in each ...
A major reassessment of the important events, people, and ideas that characterized one of the most colorful and turbulent decades in American life -- with historic eyewitness reports, insightful contemporary analysis, and a day-by-day timeline of the decade.
An encyclopedic history of female rock musicians and composers, covering a period that began roughly with the advent of blues to the present day. Profiles of individuals--from Mamie Smith to Madonna--are included, along with essays on sexual politics and motherhood in rock, and on the role of male Svengalis in the careers of young women.
From its early days in San Francisco, Rolling Stone has covered the music scene from the inside with colorful, penetrating, and brilliant interviews with the men and women who are rock and roll. This definitive collection represents the best of Rolling Stone's first decade and a half.
The story of U2 is a dramatic one, and nowhere is that more apparent than in the pages of "Rolling Stone" magazine. Within this book, readers will rediscover the band's roots as an earnest group with a peace mission in early articles and album reviews, and will marvel over the abrupt transformation into "Macphisto", the degenerate, demonic alter ...
This biography of the pre-motherhood Madonna traces her impressive career path, starting with her stint at a Manhattan Dunkin' Donuts and ending in the late 1990s, when she finally received film critics' acclaim with her lead role in EVITA.
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