{"product_id":"the-rock-history-reader-9781138227712","title":"The Rock History Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis eclectic compilation of readings tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice throughout its six decade history. This third edition includes new readings across the volume, with added material on the early origins of rock ''n'' roll as well as coverage of recent developments, including the changing shape of the music industry in the twenty-first century. With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship, copyright, race relations, feminism, youth subcultures, and the meaning of musical value, \u003ci\u003eThe Rock History Reader\u003c\/i\u003e continues to appeal to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew to the third edition:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine additional chapters from a broad range of perspectives\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplorations of new media formations, industry developments, and the intersections of music and labor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor the first time, a companion website providing users wi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection I The 1950s \/ \u003c\/strong\u003eChapter 1 Du-Wop \u003cem\u003e(Johnny Keyes)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 2 \"Miss Rhythm\" Speaks Out: Ruth Brown on R\u0026amp;B and Covers \/ Chapter 3 Leiber \u0026amp; Stoller \u003ci\u003e(Ted Fox)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 4 \"Leer-ics\": A Warning to the Music Business \u003cem\u003e(Abel Green)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 5 Chuck Berry: In His Own Words \/ Chapter 6 Elvis Presley and \"The Craze\" \u003cem\u003e(John Crosby) \u003c\/em\u003e\/ Chapter 7 \"Elvis Defends Low-Down Style\" \u003cem\u003e(Kays Gary) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 8 \"Experts Propose Study of ‘Craze’\" \u003cem\u003e(Milton Bracker) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 9 Earl Palmer and the Heartbeat of Rock ‘n’ Roll \u003cem\u003e(Tony Scherman)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 10 The Rock ‘n’ Roll Audience: \"But Papa, It’s My Music, I Like It\" \u003cem\u003e(Jeff Greenfield) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 11 The History of Chicano Rock \u003ci\u003e(Rubén Guevara)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 12 \"Music Biz Goes Round and Round: It Comes Out Clarkola\" \u003cem\u003e(Peter Bunzel)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cb\u003eSection II The 1960s \/ \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 13 \"The King of Surf Guitar\" \u003cem\u003e(Dave Schulps) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 14 Phil Spector and The Wall of Sound \u003cem\u003e(Ronnie Spector)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 15 The Beatles, Press Conference, 1964 \/ Chapter 16 \"U.S. Musicians’ Union Says, ‘Beatles Stay Home’\" \u003cem\u003e(Victor Riesel) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 17 \"Beatlemania Frightens Child Expert\" \u003cem\u003e(Dr. Bernard Saibel)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 18 \"Understanding Dylan\" \u003cem\u003e(Paul Williams)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 19 \"Raga Rock\": The Byrds, Press Conference, 1966 \/ Chapter 20 Motown: A Whiter Shade of Black \u003cem\u003e(Jon Landau)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 21 James Brown: Soul Brother No. 1 \u003cem\u003e(Fred Wesley, Jr.)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 22 \"Goodbye Surfing Hello God!—The Religious Conversion of Brian Wilson\" \u003cem\u003e(Jules Siegel)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 23 Rock and the Counterculture \u003ci\u003e(Chester Anderson)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 24 The FM Revolution: \"AM Radio—‘Stinking Up the Airwaves’\" \u003ci\u003e(Tom Donahue)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 25 An Interview with Peter Townshend \u003ci\u003e(Jann Wenner)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 26 Gimme Shelter: Woodstock and Altamont \u003cem\u003e(Joel Haycock) \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection III The 1970s \/ \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 27 \"Sweet Baby James\": James Taylor Live \u003cem\u003e(Alfred Aronowitz) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 28 \"Cock Rock: Men Always Seem to End Up on Top\" \u003cem\u003e(\u003c\/em\u003eRat\u003cem\u003e Magazine)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 29 Carly Simon on Music and the Women’s Movement \u003cem\u003e(Loraine Alterman)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 30 \"How to be a Rock Critic\" \u003ci\u003e(Lester Bangs)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 31 \"Reggae: The Steady Rock of Black Jamaica\" \u003cem\u003e(Andrew Kopkind)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 32 \"Roots and Rock: The Marley Enigma\" \u003cem\u003e(Linton Kwesi Johnson) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 33 Dub and the \"Sound of Surprise\" \u003cem\u003e(Richard Williams)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 34 Reflections on Progressive Rock \u003cem\u003e(Bill Bruford) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 35 \"Disco! Disco!: Four Critics Address the Musical Question\" \/ Chapter 36 \"Why Don’t We Call It Punk?\" \u003cem\u003e(Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 37 The Subculture of British Punk \u003cem\u003e(Dick Hebdige)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 38 \"The Confessions of a Gay Rocker\" \u003cem\u003e(Adam Block) \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection IV The 1980s \/ \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 39 Punk Goes Hardcore \u003cem\u003e(Jack Rabid) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 40 College Rock: \"Left of the Dial\" \u003cem\u003e(Gina Arnold) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 41 \"Roll Over Guitar Heroes; Synthesizers Are Here\" \u003cem\u003e(Jon Young)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 42 \"MTV Ruled the World\": The Early Years of Music Video \u003cem\u003e(Greg Prato) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 43 \"Molly Hatchet: Celebrity Rate-A-Record\" \u003cem\u003e(\u003c\/em\u003eHit Parader\u003cem\u003e Magazine) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 44 The Parents Music Resource Center: Statement before Congress \u003cem\u003e(Susan Baker and Tipper Gore) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 45 Heavy Metal and The Highbrow\/Lowbrow Divide \u003cem\u003e(Robert Walser)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 46 \"The Real Thing—Bruce Springsteen\" \u003cem\u003e(Simon Frith) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 47 Hip Hop Nation \u003ci\u003e(Greg Tate)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 48 \"Madonna—Finally, A Real Feminist\" \u003cem\u003e(Camille Paglia)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 49 \"Can Madonna Justify Madonna?\" \u003cem\u003e(Barbara Grizzuti Harrison) \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection V The 1990s \/ \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 50 Is \u003ci\u003eAs Nasty As They Wanna Be \u003c\/i\u003eObscene? Judge Jose Gonzalez and Kathleen M. Sullivan \/ Chapter 51 \"Public Enemy’s Bomb Squad\" \u003cem\u003e(Tom Moon)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 52 \"The Death of Sampling?\" \u003cem\u003e(Mark Kemp)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 53 \"Kurt Cobain and the Politics of Damage\" \u003cem\u003e(Sarah Ferguson)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 54 \"The Problem with Music\" \u003cem\u003e(Steve Albini) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 55 \"Feminism Amplified\" \u003cem\u003e(Kim France) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 56 \"Rock Aesthetics and Musics of the World\" \u003cem\u003e(Motti Regev)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 57 \"Electronic Eden\": Techno Goes Mainstream \u003ci\u003e(Karen Schoemer)\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Chapter 58 Nü Metal and Woodstock ’99 \u003cem\u003e(Barry Walters)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 59 Indie Pop Goes Twee \u003cem\u003e(Joey Sweeney)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 60 \"So You Wanna Fake Being an Indie Rock Expert?\" \u003cem\u003e(SoYouWanna.com) \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection VI The 2000s \/ \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 61 Metallica vs. Napster \u003cem\u003e(Lars Ulrich)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 62 \"Mother, Should I build a Wall?\": Radiohead Face the Challenges of New Rock \u003cem\u003e(Douglas Wolk)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 63 \"My Week on the Avril Lavigne E-Team\" \u003cem\u003e(Chris Dahlen)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 64 \"In Defense of Post-Grunge Music\" \u003cem\u003e(Sasha Geffen) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 65 Defining Emo \u003cem\u003e(Urban Dictionary) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 66 \"Even Heavy-Metal Fans Complain That Today's Music Is Too Loud!!!\" \u003cem\u003e(Evan Smith) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 67 The Whiteness of Indie and the \"Myth of Vampire Weekend\" \u003cem\u003e(Paul Lester) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 68 \"Why Country is the New Classic Rock\" \u003cem\u003e(Steve Leftridge) \/ \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003eSection VII The 2010s \/ \u003c\/b\u003eChapter 69 \"Why no Yes in the Rock Hall?\" \u003cem\u003e(John Covach)\u003c\/em\u003e \/ Chapter 70 \"A Response to ‘Why no Yes in the Rock Hall’\" \u003cem\u003e(Lauren Onkey) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 71 \"Mumford \u0026amp; Sons Preaches to the Masses\" \u003cem\u003e(Ann Powers) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 72 \"Making Cents\": Musician Royalties in the Digital Age \u003cem\u003e(Damon Krukowski) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 73 \"Top 25 Metal Genres on Spotify\" \u003cem\u003e(Eliot Van Buskirk) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 74 \"Marginalization in the Music Industry: A Twitter Exposé\" \u003cem\u003e(Jessica Hopper) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 75 Twenty One Pilots: \"The Slippery Appeal of the Biggest New Band in America\" \u003cem\u003e(Jia Tolentino) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 76 \"Who Will Save the Guitar?\" \u003cem\u003e(Michael Molenda) \/ \u003c\/em\u003eChapter 77 \"Where Have All the Rock Stars Gone?\" \u003cem\u003e(David Shumway)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019467456855,"sku":"9781138227712","price":51.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138227712.jpg?v=1750780361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rock-history-reader-9781138227712","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}