Rockin in Time
Subtitle: A Social History of Rock-and-Roll
Publisher: Pearson Education, Limited
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780205675043
Subjects: Rock music, social aspects; Rock music, history and criticism; Rock music, united states
Description: The blues, rock-and-roll, and racism - Elvis and rockabilly - The teen market: from Bandstand to girl groups - Surfboards and hot rods: California, here we come - Bob Dylan and the new frontier - Mowtown: the sound of integration - The British invasion of America: the Beatles - The British blues invasion and garage rock - Folk rock - Acid rock - Fire from the streets - Militant blues on campus - Escaping into the seventies - The era of excess - Punk rock and the new generation - I want my MTV - The promise of rock-and-roll - The Generation X blues - The rave revolution and Britpop - The hip hop generation - Metal gumbo: rockin' in the 21st century - The internet, jam bands, and three shades of blue.