Rock Books

If you are a fan of CSNY, or just that era in California rock, this is a great inside look of how things went down. Dallas is very open, and up front about "Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll". His words also give you an inside peak on the personalities of the musicians you listen to, most notably Stills and Young. The music and musicians are just ONE part of the book. This is the part that made me buy it. The intruige of what went down in the 60s, 70s, 80s.

HOWEVER, as the title reads on this review, it's two books in one. Dallas also did an amazing job describing his drug problems. What drugs were being done, how they made him feel, what they made him do, what he had to go through psychologically, and physically. It was a tale of his struggles ON drugs and getting over drugs. Hospitals, sugeries, friendships and relationships lost.

I've been fortunate enough to never dabble into drugs, but if you have a friend or loved one who is/has, they should read this book. It's a great resource, and could scare them straight.

real life american story of a lost child who was swept up in the compelling 1960's. dallas taylor's honest, revealing story tells what it was like to be a part of history - to experience the tragic/ comical reality of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll -- to suffer and battle his personal daemons and to survive drug addiction and an organ transplant. God Bless Dallas Taylor.

I should begin this review with a little info for anyone who should read this.I read the name Dallas Taylor for the first time when I was about 10 years old,I was reading a name off an old 45 single of the songs Hitch Hike and Papas got a brand new bag.I always wanted to know who this guy was and how to get a hold of him. Well, now i know who he is,or was, but I still dont know how to get a hold of him. This book taught me a lot of the man who last knew my father before he died, and I even found a few pages dedicated to the last moments of his life.I thought I knew about the sixties but this book showed me how little I really knew.Many people who have had problems with drugs or alcohol in there lives will benifit greatly from this book.I hope you all will take the time to read this book.It will help you understand things a little bit better and introduce you to my dads last best friend.

An excellent selection of photos with great text. This book was edited perfectly and it kept my attention throughout.

I bought this book for someone who was probably bouncing up and down at many of the shows depicted in this fine collection (which hardly does it justice) of performance and candid photographs of the seminal figures of Punk. Even though they are the epitome of a music snob and punk aficionado, they were delighted with the book. Now I'll have to go back and get one for myself.

Despite being yet another book titled PUNK this-or-that (how boring) accompanied by yet another picture of the overexposed Pistols, what we have here is a rare and fine contribution to the small flock of top rate punk documentation. For the lost-in-space stalwarts of the "punk died in '77" variety, you will find ample obscure photos and tentalizing quotes/factoids about your beloved NY scenesters (Patti Smith, Richard Hell, Ramones; the usual suspects) and your typical UK actors (Pistols, Clash, Buzzcocks, et al). But what is truly exceptional about this book is the wide territory it covers for the true punk listener. Not only does it include proto-punk legends (13th Floor Elevators, Stooges, MC5) but it ackowledges the crucially influential yet overlooked groups from both the US & UK such as the Avengers, Dils, Weirdos, Stiff Little Fingers, Angelic Upstarts, Dead Boys, Undertones, Black Flag, Germs, and on and on. As a bonus it includes the salt and pepper of much loved hangers-on who used punk to become rich and famous while not ever really being punk (Elvis Costello...you get the idea). This book is great and can be looked through over and over again without boredom. Highly recommended for every punk or jaded old rocker who has ever picked up a photobook on punk only to be bored to tears with 50 pages on Patti Smith/Talking Heads and another 50 pages of Sex Pistols/Clash and little else. And its cheap!

It's a very intersting book.
Rich of wonderfull photo, offer a very completed review of Punk scene.

PUNK: THE WHOLE STORY celebrates some thirty years of a movement which embraced musical and social anarchy and produced not just revolutionary music, but outrageous street fashion. It was born in 1976 and Punk Magazine embraced the music, movement and personalities: PUNK details the years leading up to punk's beginning and offers a color photo-laden survey of the genre essential for any student of contemporary music.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

This is a terrific book.

The only unfortunate aspect is the "offering" by Nick Kent. Mr. Kent, I was there and you were not even a blip on the radar screen. Nick Kent seems to have the same sort of difficulty with the truth that Malcolm McClaren has always had. So in that, his self-aggrandizing claim of being on the scene before there was one is at the very least, documentation of how he considered himself way more important than he actually was to the whole thing. There's a bit too much Blondie as well. She just wasn't what we thought was punk at that time.

The whole movement was thanks to the Sex Pistols and there is plenty of focus on the group and their brief career. The book gives time to their come-back a few years ago which is also very interesting and relevant.

All in all, a good book. Just don't be fooled by Kent.

This book is awesome. I literally read every quote in one sitting. I was either gasping in pain, laughing out loud, or in awe of the common understandings of climbers around the world. I definitley recommend the book!

Great collection of climbing quotes. If you're a climber, or want to try to understand someone who is; here's an interesting collection of quotes from climbers. Range from inspirational quotes, to the irreverant.

Awesome book. I recommend this book to any climber, mountaineer and outdoorsman in general. This would be THE book to have in your tent with you during incliment weather when you are tent-bound. Jonathan Waterman does an excellent job arranging the various quotes under different families and opens each chapter with a witty experience from his own adventures. This is one of my favorite books in my library. BUY IT NOW!

Legendary rock journalist Jim Greer shoots from the hip in this wonderfully comprehensive biography. Documented at a time when the band was at the height of their powers, this is an important historical overview for any fan of R.E.M.

Legendary rock journalist Jim Greer shoots from the hip in this wonderfully comprehensive biography. Documented at a time when the band was at the height of their powers, this is an important historical overview for any fan of R.E.M.

Terrific book, very visually enticing, but, as far as information, it is not as informing. Good book for new R.E.M. fans

I find myself singing along with my 4-year-old and my 3-year-old to these catchy tunes. They have such great messages and I think they're great to help my kids develop socially and emotionally. I love the "clean-up" song. Picking up the house is so much easier and fun now! And I love the "bully" song which innoculates our kids against tauntings of future bullies. We can talk about feelings with our kids. This CD is catchy, educational, and fun! A must-have for all children to have the tools necessary to survive in today's world.

I bought this album on an impulse and it was the best thing I ever got my 8 year old daughter Cassidy! Every song has a wonderful, positive message. She plays it and sings to it everyday. We have conversations about the songs and what they are about. She can relate to all the songs. I now buy the album as birthday gifts for all her friends. This is a must buy!

I broght this home for my [....]daughter one afternoon, later that night she played it and read the book that came along with the CD. She listened to all of the songs over and over again. She eventually began singing with the songs using a microphone attached to a Karaoke machine. One night she had a sleep over with a friend and they put on a show for our family using the songs from this CD as the theme of their show.

It is a great thing to watch my daughter interact with the music and the words on this CD. I am convinced that it will make a very positive impact on her life especially at such a critical time in her developement.

And, the songs are pretty catchy even for adults! It is a very well done production, somethiing everyone will love and learn from.

Book arrived exactly when the company said it would. The book was in perfect condition, highly recommend !!

This is a great RHCP book. It has tabs and sheet music for their landmark album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The album itself has great songs but the guitar book is a step up because now you can sound like the great John Fruchante with a single book. Dont hesitate to purchace it. Buy the album too. It Rocks

This is their most funky, and punkish album in my opinion. With (bassist) Flea pop slapping the groves, and (guitarist) John jamming the catchy tunes that stay in your head this CD is very well put together. I would highly recomend this book to any guitarist who wants to have some fun, and learns the famous chart topping hits, or to any fan of the Peppers.

This book is great if you want to learn to play like John F. Highly reccomended.

this book is the best it is much more right than any tabs u will find on the internet.

This is a faannttasstic guitar book for anyone who wants to play Cali songs to perfection. Great notes and includes a few great pics (black and white) of the band. FAB FAB FAB FAB FAAAABBB!!!! A MUST!

I have loved this book ever since I became a Beatles fan. It's the perfect book to buy if you are new to the lads or know them well. Michael was Paul's personal photographer throughout the early years. Inside this book you will find professional photos captioned with anecdotes of hilarious moments or things you may not know about the people pictured.

It begins with childhood photos that his father had taken Paul and Michael, then we slowly see Michael take hold of the camera and watch as Paul grows up as you progress through the book. This book isn't ALL about Paul, you'll find pictures of their mother and father, and tons of random shots of himself, Pete Best, George, John, Brian Epstein, Uncle Albert (remember the song?), Auntie Gin (song "Let'em In"), Jane Asher, The Goons, Elton John, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, and a few of and the earliest shots of Ringo before he trained his hair into a moptop. The best part about these photos is that he was there as the magic happened, for example a photo of Paul looking through a shop window at new italian-style boots that would soon become known as "beatle boots". George's first car (he was the first Beatle to get a car!) also gets a few photos, and also the proud moment of when he traded it in for a shiny new Jaguar. Michael was even invited backstage and to band parties, taking along his trusty camera to shoot some very in-the-moment photos. There are also photos of places like an overview of the city of Liverpool, the Pierhead, the Cavern Club, a Mersey riverboat, and overhead shot of their high school playground area. Michael was also an artist, he experimented with double exposures and silk-screening pictures, which shows up in this book as well. There are also pictures from the movie Help! that were deleted scenes from the film.

Anyway, there is too much to mention about this book. I really suggest you pick this up for yourself, a friend, or anyone who is a fan of old photographs or the Beatles.

This book is amazing. The pictures of the boys are historic and beautiful.Definatly worth it! The coolest part is that the pictures are used all the time and in all kinds of Bealtes stuff. I love it.

If you have ever visited Paul & Michael McCartney's teenage home is to walk away wanting to own copies of these priceless photographs of our heroes in their youth. The best photographic book on the early Beatles that I have ever seen.

If you are like me, you grew up listening to popular music, "girl groups" singing catchy melodies, without regard to the cultural or historical context of the tunes. Dorothy Marcic, in a well-researched and documented, highly readable book, has succeeded in placing our nostalgic memories into a larger framework. The political picture, the economic realities, the evolution of female roles are all chronicled by incorporating the popular music that enthralled us over the years. Who knew that the path from "My Man" to "I Will Survive" led us along our own path of liberation and independence. A book that entertains and makes you think at the same time! If you ever get the opportunity to see Dr. Marcic perform and illustrate her material in person, by all means do so! Highly recommended!

Whether our popular music is a reflection or shaper of culture, it's fascinating to read the lyrics of these songs -- and to see how far we've come over the past century. I really like the way that music is used as a thread for weaving together political and world events, as well as psychology, business, and spirituality. A great read!

Respect: Women and Popular Music is a powerful book that chronicles the best known music of women in the 20th Century and examines the sociological and personal implications the music had. Marcic masterfully weaves a relationship between the development of the music and the development of women over the century. From the early 1900s, the lyrics of dependency eventually evolve into the powerful lyrics of independence and resolve heard in the late century.

A particularly effective feature of the book is the use of personal rememberances about the music. These diverse reflections show how the music enters our hearts and minds -- our consciousness and unconsciousness. This technque further shows how the music not only reflects our roles, but may powerfully influence our roles and may even empower, motivate and affirm us toward change.

This is a great book for anyone who wants to take a deeper and different look at the development of women and their roles. It presents a new and refreshing perspective, not shown before in the literature about women.

After having finished book and being a person who grew up in the fifties and came of age in the sixties, I have to wonder how did we as women ever get past the music messages that we grew up with and become the trailblazers of the women movement?