The Essential Rock Discography

The Essential Rock Discography
Author: Martin Charles Strong
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 1272
Release: 2006
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Covers British and American artists and groups, including a biography or history and chronological discographical listings in each entry.

The Book of Rock

The Book of Rock
Author: Philip Dodd
Publisher: Pavilion
Total Pages: 486
Release: 2005-09-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781862056954

'The Book of Rock' pays tribute to those artists whose music has provided a soundtrack for the growing pains of three generations. It is a gallery of 500 saints, sinners and martyrs of rock and pop history. Here democracy is everything: guitar heroes rub shoulders with tortured geniuses, and the flamboyant masters of showmanship receive the same treatment as reclusive poets. Together they provide a fresh, provocative guide to the icons of rock and pop, the most influential singers and musicians from around the globe. •••NEW CHART ENTRIES!! Now in a more-easy-to-handle format, this new edition is fully updated with fantastic new, varied and talented acts from across the musical spectrum, including Eminem, The Strokes, The White Stripes, The Streets, David Gray, Avril Lavigne, The Darkness, Franz Ferdinand, Dido and Coldplay.

The Great Metal Discography

The Great Metal Discography
Author: Martin Charles Strong
Publisher: Canongate Books Limited
Total Pages: 621
Release: 2001
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781841951850

From Rock's Great Discographer comes the massively expanded second edition of The Great Metal Discography. Fully revised and updated to the end of 2000, it contains over 1000 individual discographies detailing all UK, US and essential Euro albums, singles and EPs in all formats. The Great Metal Discography is the best guide to sonic extremity you'll find - with all the facts you need on amplified guitar abuse in all its multifarious guises: hard rock, heavy metal, thrash metal, funk metal, death metal, hardcore, grindcore, grunge, black metal and more.This, the latest indispensable instalment from Martin C Strong, has got the lowdown on everyone who ever turned the amplifier up to the eleven.

The Great Indie Discography

The Great Indie Discography
Author: Martin Charles Strong
Publisher: Canongate Books Limited
Total Pages: 1088
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781841953359

Organized alphabetically, this comprehensive reference lists more than two thousand artists, musicians, and bands outside the mainstream of commercial music, including all the songs and albums they ever recorded, each band's members throughout its history, reviews, and other valuable information. Original.

The Great Rock Discography

The Great Rock Discography
Author: Martin Charles Strong
Publisher:
Total Pages: 968
Release: 1998
Genre: Music
ISBN:

Martin Strong's best-selling and highly acclaimed monster reference book is now in its fourth edition. Encyclopaedic in scope, the book contains incomparable details on all the great figures in the development of the rock genre.

Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock:

Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock:
Author: Janell R. Duxbury
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 590
Release: 2001-02-05
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1462807364

Rock music of all varieties has been influenced by classical music and vice versa, both in the form of direct quotes and in the form of borrowings of style, composition, and instrumentation. The average listener may be unaware of the many links between rock music and the classics. One might remember a few examples, such as Walter Murphy's chart-topping "A Fifth of Beethoven" or Eric Carmen's "All by Myself," but pass them off as interesting anomalies. However, the influence of the classics on rock music is pervasive and grows from a long line of precedents. This second supplement to Janell R. Duxbury's original 1985 discography, Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock, brings the earlier work and first supplement up-to-date with hundreds of new entries documenting recently released or newly discovered examples of the interconnection between these musical genres. Duxbury details nearly 700 new examples of recorded rock instrumentals and songs that borrow musical themes from the classics. Variations range from contemporary renditions of complete classical works to brief classical quotes or phrases subtly incorporated into rock compositions. Duxbury also gives additional examples of recorded orchestral versions of songs originally composed and/or written by rock artists. In these examples, the musical style varies from strict classical interpretations to pop-style orchestral renditions. The second supplement then expands Duxbury's original compilation of sound recordings and live performances of rock groups performing with established orchestras and choruses, selected samples of recorded rock music that simulate baroque or classical sound/structure, examples of the manifest influence of rock on classical music, and instances of rock artists and classical artists switching roles. Lastly, this discography updates the 1985 version and the first supplement with new information, expanded details, and minor corrections to the earlier works. An extended list of selected non-rock background examples is included in several new appendixes. The Preface is updated. A general index includes the names of classical composers, rock artists and groups, orchestras, choruses, orchestra conductors, sound recording producers, and song or instrumental titles. With its incomparable scope and content, this supplement, together with Duxbury's previous discography, and its first supplement will be appreciated by students, researchers, record collectors, trivia buffs, music industry employees, and fans of rock music and the classics.

Jrock, Ink

Jrock, Ink
Author: Josephine Yun
Publisher:
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2005
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781880656952

A music lover's executive report on the energized Japanese rock scene today.

Legends of Rock

Legends of Rock
Author: Marjorie Galen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2007
Genre: Rock groups
ISBN:

For fans, history buffs and book afficionados, Legends of Rock, part of a trio of collectible hardcover books, features the biggest rock legends of all time (see also Legends of Pop and Legends of Country) . Branded by VHI, this book contains fascinating stories and trivia revealing the people behind the fame of each pop legend. You will also find great quotes by and about these legends as well as Greates Hits sidebars that list the songs that made the artists famous. Legends of Rock is full of hundreds of full-color images of the legends of rock from the first icons to modern day hit-makers. It includes an appendix of best-selling chart timelines for singles and albums. Some featured artists and groups are: Aerosmith David Bowie James Brown The Doors Bob Dylan Led Zeppelin Bob Marley Weezer Santana and U2, among many, many more!

The Mojo Collection

The Mojo Collection
Author: Jim Irvin
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 868
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781841954387

Thoroughly revised and expanded, this entertaining musical companion provides original reviews of more than seven hundred albums, along with deailed information on recording and production details, release dates, artists and musicians, cross references, and more. Original.