Icons of Rock: An Encyclopedia of the Legends who Changed Music Forever
- ISBN-10
- 0313338450
- ISBN-13
- 9780313338458
- Series
- Icons of Rock
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 639
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO
- Authors
- Scott Schinder, Andy Schwartz
Description
Icons of Rock offers an overview of rock's pervasive role in the United States by profiling the lives and work of the music's most legegendary artists.
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- 2008
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