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Cover of Duncan Harris: Motörhead on track

Duncan Harris: Motörhead on track

Motorhead were arguably the greatest rock and roll band in history, but it took many years to win that accolade. As a result, this is the story of the band that refused to die. The band had to deal w …

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John Robb: Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll?

Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? is a history of alternative rock from John Robb, with the music still ringing in his ears. This collection follows John’s journey from the late 1970s, when …

Cover of John Huber: Western History in Musical Perspective

John Huber: Western History in Musical Perspective

Archaeological discoveries indicate that early man, even in a primitive state, made tools to produce and control sound. Music has evolved right along with us. From the perspective of Western …

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Brooke Wentz: Transfigured New York

Transfigured New York presents conversations with iconic, genre-bending artists who shaped the sounds of experimental movements like no wave, avant-jazz, and electronic music. As an undergrad in the …

Cover of Andrew Ford: The Shortest History of Music

Andrew Ford: The Shortest History of Music

From prehistory to now, the fascinating story of why music is vital to the human experience From award-winning broadcaster and composer Andrew Ford, The Shortest History of Music is a lively, …

Cover of Daniel Rachel: Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation

Daniel Rachel: Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation

The definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records, featuring an introduction by Pauline Black —A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year —An Uncut Book of the Year —Long-Listed for the Pender …

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Mike Barnes: A New Day Yesterday

Progressive rock, a genre formed out of a creative surge in the late Sixties and throughout the Seventies, originated and flowered most spectacularly in the UK. Made by young musicians for a young …

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Beate Kutschke & Katherine Butler: The Heroic in Music

Reconstructs the socio-political history of the heroic in music through case studies spanning the middle ages to the twenty-first century The first part of this volume reconstructs the various mu …

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Simon Morrison: Mirror in the Sky

A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar. Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks a …

Cover of Bertrand H. Bronson: Catches and Glees of the Eighteenth Century

Bertrand H. Bronson: Catches and Glees of the Eighteenth Century

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, …