Author(s): Peter Buckley (ed)

Music

The completely updated and expanded third edition of the Rough Guide to Rock is the definitive guide to every corner of the rock universe. Features include:

• Career biographies of more than 1200 bands and artists, detailing their triumphs, their embarrassments and their disasters.
• Incisive opinion on every phase and craze of rock, from Beefheart to The Beta Band and from the Velvets to The Vines - with sub-plots from the worlds of beats and pop.
• Critical discographies for each entry, reviewing the best of what's available on CD, in no-nonsense style.
• Hundreds of pictures from the best rock photographers, and loads of great album covers.