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Sporting shades and a feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk, grunge and thousands of countercultural four-chord wonders. "The Rough Guide to The Velvet Underground" explores: The Velvet Story - How Lou Reed, Sterling Morrison, John Cale and the others emerged from the New York scene, their successes and excesses and what happened to each in their solo years; Velvet Music - From their 1967 debut with Nico to their 1993 reunion with all the tales behind the tunes; Velvet Universe - Everybody who was anybody in the Velvet''s world, taking in Andy Warhol, Edie Sedgwick, David Bowie, Delmore, Schwaretsz and Brian Eno; and, Velvet Goldmine - The "Underground" on screen, the Velvets'' New York, clubs, influences, covers, websites and more.

The third edition of "The Rough Guide to Rock" is more extensive than ever. It features over 3000 album reviews, 1200 biographies, 300 original images and 268 classic album covers, covering all areas of rock music and touching on the fringes of dance, hip-hop, blues, country and soul. Compiled by a group of music journalists and enthusiastic fans, this is the guide that is not afraid to say what''s hot and what''s not.

An informative look at the man and his career, drawing on interviews with Elvis' associates as well as his own words by covering the 50 essential Elvis songs and 33 movies. It looks at Elvis the icon, reviews all the biographies and includes a fan's travel guide to Memphis and the main sites of Graceland and Sun Studios.

"The Rough Guide to Cult Pop" is devoted to pop music, the tacky, catchy yet endearing music we grew up listening to when we should have been listening to something more profound. It celebrates the hits, the singers, the impresarios and the songs which have made up the soundtrack to our lives. Providing an entertaining look at the artists from Britney to Blue and the number one hits from Billy Jean to Billy Don''t Be a Hero, the guide tells the stories behind the chart-toppers and all the key chart statistics. The decades of pop are broken down into genres, complete with recommended discographies of the best and the weirdest.

Juntamente con los Beatles, los Rolling han sido un grupo decisivo en la historia de la música y clasificados por la revista casi homónima, Rolling Stone, en el cuarto puesto de entre su selección de los 100 mas grandes artistas de la historia. Desde su formacion en 1962, este libro nos cuenta su increible historia y la de todos sus miembros pasados y presentes.

The definitive guide to the Rolling Stones'' recorded works, first published in 1989, has now been updated to take into account recent releases and include additional research information. With every official release, bootleg, recording session, and significant live recording listed in chronological order, every song also carries a full commentary and places the recording in context with the historical period.