Rock music has played an enormous role in American culture ever since its beginnings in the 1950s. Providing an understanding of rock music, this six volume set shows the many ways it has shaped, and been shaped by, American culture. It provides chapters on important musicians, writers, and more within these exciting periods in rock music history.
'Written by author/journalist (and longtime Soundgarden fan) Greg Prato, the book tells the Seattle band's complete story - beginning with its members pre-SG days, all the way to today.
Featuring 91 b/w photographs, Peterson does not rely on the cult of celebrity to tell this compelling tale, rather he tells of the complicity between band and audience and captures the raw, futile and bored alienation of the music and the ...
... Touch Me I'm Sick , " was neat , too , but it didn't really strike me . Maybe " Sweet Young Thing Ain't Sweet No More " was too dark , because it was " Touch Me I'm Sick " that struck the chord nationally and internationally . MARK ARM ...
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Rock History: The grunge and post-grunge years, 1991-2005