Pop, Rock

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 …

Pat Gilbert’s definitive biography of the Clash – universally acclaimed as a great book – has already sold over 20, 000 copies in paperback. Now, for the 30th anniversary of the band’s classic London …

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 …

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 …

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 …

An oral history (with photographs) of the greatest American bar band of the twenty-first century. ’Plenty of rock bands treat their fans like congregants. But, not many shine a light on the arrangeme …

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 …

Let There Be Rock is the definitive story of AC/DC’s rise to the pinnacle of rock ’n’ roll’s stratosphere. Learn how this group of Australian mates became one of the few truly legendary rock and roll …