This unique and meticulously researched book will delight both Yes fans and students of the 1960s music scene. It is…

This book is the first to cover the entirety of Foo Fighters' discography, as well as Dave Grohl's various experimental side…

This book gives an overview of Aimee Mann's career from her earliest days, making it big with 'Til Tuesday and onward…

• Rok vydání 1986

When Crowded House arrived with their debut album and hit single 'Don't Dream It's Over' in 1986, the seed of a unique…

• Rok vydání 1968

The Beatles pioneered so much in the recording studio during their short time together that it's easy to forget that they…

Phil Ochs was the 'The Prince of Protest' in the sixties. The only real rival to Bob Dylan, he was the archetypal Greenwich…

• Rok vydání 1977

In this informative, readable and - for punk fans at least - annoying book, Kevan Furbank looks at the progressive rock…

The The was always a personal project for songwriter Matt Johnson. Started in 1979, when Johnson was a teenager, the…

Combining original interpretation and analysis with historical research, this book explores the twelve studio albums and the…

Thestory of the Groundhogs spans the most exciting years British rock will everenjoy. Springing from the same early roots as…

Dave Grohl once said of Oasis, 'We've played shows with them before, where we play with them we think "That's the greatest…

In a decade stuffed with a wild array of influences, styles and instrumental line-ups, there can be few tending quite so…

Free were formed in 1968 towards the end of the British blues boom. After two critically acclaimed albums, the release of…

This book examines not only the eight albums by The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, but also Harvey''s earlier work with his…

Since their formation in the early 1970s, Earth, Wind & Fire have been at the forefront of popular music. Led by the…

This book covers the tumultuous period 1979-89 when this trio of groups poured forth a torrent of brilliant music and covers…

Between 1972 and their first break-up in 1976 (and then again following their 1979 reunion), Roxy Music were arguably the…

A fascinating look at the world of sound engineering during a time of huge technological change. Of interest to all music…

This is a journey through Kiss's first and most storied decade. It is the story of the four men behind the masks, and the…

• Rok vydání 2023

Joe Jackson is a singer, songwriter, composer, and performer who has twisted and turned his career through numerous genres,…

Laura Nyro (1947-1997) was one of the most significant figures to emerge from the singer-songwriter boom of the 1960s. With…

This book examines the work of the first decade-and-a-half of Lou Reed as a solo artist. It would be easy to paint these…

Even in an age of unparalleled innovation and artistic freedom, Spirit stood head and shoulders above their 1960s-era rock…

The brother and sister team of Karen and Richard Carpenter rank as one of the most successful acts in pop music history.…

Van Halen are arguably America's greatest ever rock n' roll band. From inauspicious roots as a backyard covers outfit, they…

In the 1990s, there was only one real punk rock band still standing. Rancid. Other so-called punk acts had bent the term so…

Brian Eno is arguably one of the most influential musicians working in rock music. Starting out as synthesizer peacock of…

From the band''s first single, ''In The City'' in April 1977, to their last, ''Beat Surrender'' in November 1982, The Jam…

Soft Machine are perceived as cold and forbidding. At their peak in the 1970s, they purposefully raised the hackles of pop…

From humble beginnings, as they emerged pimple-popped and sweaty out of a global New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene…

Most lauded for the gorgeously baroque Odessey and Oracle, and the ageless singles, 'She's Not There' and 'Time of the…

Once, there were four university students who started a rock band named after a firetruck. Five and a half decades later,…

Having moved from jazz, Blues and R'n'B to out-and-out pop in his various 1960s bands, keyboard player Manfred Mann went…

• Rok vydání 1972

1972 was the year Progressive Rock came of age, when bands and artists still revered today produced some of their most…

• Rok vydání 1965

The second in a brand new series taking deep dives into rock classics. One of the most pivotal albums in the evolution of…

• Rok vydání 2021

Little Feat on track dives into the ups and downs of their 50-year career and discusses every album and song, from their…

• Rok vydání 1977

Out of the dozen different line-ups since Fleetwood Mac formed in 1967, there's only one incarnation that truly matters for…

• Rok vydání 1968

After the singularity of Astral Weeks in 1968, the 1970s were the formative years for the solo career of one of the…

• Rok vydání 1973

In 1973, the Allman Brothers Band were one of the most popular in America: they headlined the Watkins Glen Summer Jam,…

The Smashing Pumpkins rose to fame during the grunge movement of the early nineties, however, the Chicago quartet's soaring…

George Harrison was known as ''The Quiet Beatle'', although this title did him a disservice, considering his intellectual…

The 1980s saw Alice Cooper release arguably his most diverse collection of albums, ranging from new wave to metal to full-on…

Bob Dylan is the magician who sprinkled poetic fairy dust on to the popular music of the early sixties and his songwriting…

• Rok vydání 2019

Not many artists can boast a career like Nick Cave, which has gone from strength to strength since the debut album from his…

It may have taken them a few years to achieve a stable line-up, but Faith No More did just that with the arrival of…

The 1970s saw the rise of rock and metal as a force in record and ticket sales. Right there at the birth of this was Black…

New Order have produced some of the most influential popular music of the last 40 plus years. A unique vision of alternative…

This book examines all of Humble Pie''s recorded output in detail '- album by album, track by track '- covering every…