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Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A raucous history of punk, emo, and hardcore's growing pains during the commercial boom of the early 90s and mid-aughts, following eleven bands as they "sell out" and find mainstream fame, or break beneath the weight of it all
Punk rock found itself at a crossroads in the mid-90's. After indie favorite Nirvana catapulted into the mainstream with its unexpected phenomenon, Nevermind, rebellion was suddenly en vogue. Looking to replicate the band's...
Author
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
A cultural and musical history of the 1960s in Britain and America captures the pulse of the era through the music of the Beatles, critically analyzing why the group became a trans-Atlantic phenomenon while discussing the evolution of the group's music
Author
Language
English
Description
"In 1975, Greil Marcus's Mystery Train changed the way readers thought about rock 'n' roll and continues to be sought out today by music fans and anyone interested in pop culture. Looking at recordings by six key artists-Robert Johnson, Harmonica Frank, Randy Newman, the Band, Sly Stone, and Elvis Presley-Marcus offers a complex and unprecedented analysis of the relationship between rock 'n' roll and American culture. In this latest edition, Marcus...
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In 'Corporate Rock Sucks,' music journalist Jim Ruland relays the unvarnished story of SST Records, from its remarkable rise in notoriety to its infamous downfall. With records by Black Flag, Minutemen, Hüsker Dü, Bad Brains, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr, Screaming Trees, Soundgarden, and scores of obscure yet influential bands, SST was the most popular Indie label by the mid-80s--until a tsunami of legal jeopardy, financial peril, and dysfunctional...
14) Nevermind
Author
Publisher
DGC
Pub. Date
℗1991
Language
English
Description
Nirvana's major label debut ushered in a huge change in music, bringing on the grunge movement of the '90s. Nevermind combines punk energy with emotional lyrics. The album also includes the hits Smells Like Teen Spirit and Come As You Are.
"***** Out of five...tormented, scalding, brilliantly crafted songs."--Blender.
"Highly recommended."--Spin.
15) Chris Cornell
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Chris Cornell's first ever complete career retrospective featuring tracks from Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Audioslave and his solo works. The collection also includes "When Bad Does Good" the unreleased studio recording produced, recorded and mixed by Chris Cornell found in his archive of personal recordings.
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
This title explores the creative works of famous musician Michael Jackson. Music analyzed includes, Off the Wall, Thriller, Bad, Dangerous, HIStory, and Invincible. Clear, comprehensive text gives background biographical information of Jackson. "You Critique It" feature invites readers to analyze other creative works on their own.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"From the former senior editor of Rolling Stone and author of The Holy or the Broken, called 'thoughtful and illuminating' by The New York Times, a new book on the unlikely coming-to-be of Prince's now legendary album. Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film--each one a commercial success and cultural milestone. How did this semi-autobiographical musical masterpiece that blurred R&B, pop, dance, and rock sounds come to alter the recording landscape...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. Davis' career has spanned more than forty years, and he has discovered, signed, or worked with a staggering array of artists: Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keys,...
19) Springsteen & I
Publisher
Eagle Vision
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
"[A] unique feature music documentary celebrating a rock 'n' roll icon: Bruce Springsteen. Working with the filmmakers, Springsteen's fans have helped create a film that reflects on their personal insights and experiences to explore what this timeless artist means to them. Their stories are at times touching, at times humorous, at times extraordinary and they all come from the heart. Combined with previously unseen archive footage of performances...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met, discovered their mutual affection for R & B, and, as Jerry and Mike put it in this autobiography, it was the beginning of an argument that has been going on for more than fifty years with no resolution in sight. They had their first success with a song called "Hard Times" that became an R & B hit in 1952. They followed it another bluesy composition, "Hound...
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