Robb John
Robb John - Do You Believe In The Power Of Rock & Roll? Forty Years Of Music Writing From The Frontline - Paperback
Robb John - Do You Believe In The Power Of Rock & Roll? Forty Years Of Music Writing From The Frontline - Paperback
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Description: John Robb is as punk rock as The Clash. Alan Mc Gee Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? is a history of alternative rock from music writer John Robb with the music still ringing in his ears. This collection follows Robb's journey from the late 1970s when he was first caught up in punk's high - octane thrill to the present day via the early days of the rave scene the birth of electronic and techno and myriad bands that spun off on their own idiosyncratic paths. Robb was the first person to write about Nirvana he coined the term Britpop and he documented the Stone Roses rise out of Manchester before anyone else was interested. He was at every pivotal gig and has interviewed every key player in the business including Jordan the queen of punk founding father of new American rock Steve Albini goth - rock guitarist Daniel Ash infamous Oasis co - founder Noel Gallagher and music greats like Lemmy and Poly Styrene. Few others have witnessed first - hand so many important moments of the last forty years of rock history. Here they come together to form the essential history of a personal quest to document the ever - changing soundtrack of the modern world.
Title: Do You Believe In The Power Of Rock & Roll? Forty Years Of Music Writing From The Frontline
Author(s): Robb John
Publisher: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800182189
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2023
Category: History: Specific Events & Topics
Description: John Robb is as punk rock as The Clash. Alan Mc Gee Do You Believe in the Power of Rock & Roll? is a history of alternative rock from music writer John Robb with the music still ringing in his ears. This collection follows Robb's journey from the late 1970s when he was first caught up in punk's high - octane thrill to the present day via the early days of the rave scene the birth of electronic and techno and myriad bands that spun off on their own idiosyncratic paths. Robb was the first person to write about Nirvana he coined the term Britpop and he documented the Stone Roses rise out of Manchester before anyone else was interested. He was at every pivotal gig and has interviewed every key player in the business including Jordan the queen of punk founding father of new American rock Steve Albini goth - rock guitarist Daniel Ash infamous Oasis co - founder Noel Gallagher and music greats like Lemmy and Poly Styrene. Few others have witnessed first - hand so many important moments of the last forty years of rock history. Here they come together to form the essential history of a personal quest to document the ever - changing soundtrack of the modern world.
Title: Do You Believe In The Power Of Rock & Roll? Forty Years Of Music Writing From The Frontline
Author(s): Robb John
Publisher: Unbound
Barcode: 9781800182189
Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Date: 10/3/2023
Category: History: Specific Events & Topics
