August New Release - Rock
Title: Rock
Subtitle: The Culture in
Pictures
RRP: $16.99
ISBN: 9781907708312
Format: Paperback, 300 pages
Dimensions: 165mm x 165mm
Publisher: Ammonite Press
Aust. Release Date:August 2012
Book Description/Synopsis:
The staid world of pop music was shaken to
its foundations during the 1960s with the arrival of rock – hard-edged and
typified by electric guitars, drums and dominant vocals. With its roots in the
rock 'n' roll of the 1940s and 1950s and influence from rhythm and blues and
country music, rock also drew on blues, folk, jazz and even classical genres.
Rock's 4/4 beat and verse-chorus format was invariably served up by long-haired
white male musicians and ballsy rock chicks who enjoyed a notoriously
hard-living, often drug-fuelled lifestyle. Dividing into hybrids and sub-genres
– such as progressive, psychedelic, heavy metal, glam, grunge and punk – rock also
embodied cultural and social movements. Rock captures the essence of the
music, the fashions, the lifestyle and excesses of the genre through 300
gritty, amusing and poignant images from the Mirrormax archives.
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