Pop, Rock

‘Hey, you! Beautiful!’ The voice was compelling—an order. So I turned around. ‘Yeah, you, ’ he said. ‘What are you doing in here? You look normal.’ ‘I am, ’ I said. Bettye Kronstad met Lou Reed in 19 …

Combining oral and illustrated history with a connective narrative, Turn Up the Radio! captures the zeitgeist of the Los Angeles rock and pop music world between the years of 1956 and 1972. Featuring …

Explore the extraordinary history of Van Halen through the groundbreaking band’s 50 most important moments, brought to vivid life with photos and memorabilia. Formed in Southern California in 1974, V …

The year 2019 marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Kurt Cobain, an artist whose music, words, and images continue to move millions of fans worldwide. As the first academic study that p …

In September 1967, the Beatles came to Tonypandy, South Wales, and spent six days with Tom Morris of 23 Upper Chemical Terrace … In August 1967, the Beatles were stunned by the death of their manager …

A new year for David Bowie means new clothes, new boots, new hair and a new name: Ziggy Stardust. To the gloomy blacked-out Britain of powercuts and three-day weeks he may as well be from outer space …

‘I think they’re easily one of the best rock trios anywhere. I don’t think they’ve been equaled.’ Andy Summers (The Police) ‘They were really ahead of their time. If you listen to the music that foll …

Fanatic! Thank you so much for coming back. Last time around, I was faced with some challenges in developing the manuscript. If Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 2 was only going to take in 2016, it would have be …

This is the first comprehensive history of goth music and culture. Across more than 500 pages, John Robb explores the origins and legacy of this enduring scene, which has its roots in the post-punk e …

Bob Mould, Grant Hart, and Greg Norton formed Hüsker Dü in 1979 as a wildly cathartic outfit fueled by a cocktail of anger, volume, and velocity. Here’s the first book to dissect the trio that countl …