| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxviii, 495 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 489-495). |
| Summary |
The author presents alphabetized entries discussing more than 200 genres of rock music. |
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Part reference book, part history, and part road map to the connectivity of popular music, this book is a must for all rock 'n' roll fans as it brings together a compilation of over two hundred genres of rock music--an entertaining, enlightening, knotty family tree of America's favorite musical genre. In the six decades since rock 'n' roll stole America's soul, the single genre has produced over two hundred sub-genres. The days of being able to walk in to a Tower Records and seek out recommendations from an aloof, all-knowing staffer has been relegated to a long-lost Generation X paradise preserved in John Hughes films. From iTunes to Spotify, listeners now regularly turn to algorithms instead of human advice to develop relationships with the music they love. The essential companion for any rock lover's collection--be it on vinyl or Spotify playlists--Appetite for Definition breaks down algorithms into their human stories and interconnected histories. It provides and pulls up recommendations from a deeper well of consideration and gives you the tools to do the same. Operating on a macro level it surveys the myriad microlevel movements into an accessible map that readers can use to navigate the vast, craggy terrain of rock music and take their rock knowledge--whether casual or obsessive--to the next level. |
| Contents |
2 tone -- Acid rock -- Alternative country -- Alternative metal -- Alternative rock -- Ambient rock -- Anarcho punk -- Art punk -- Art rock -- Baggy and Madchester -- Baroque pop -- Beat boom -- Black metal -- Blues rock -- Boogie rock -- British invasion -- Britpop -- C86 -- Canterbury sound -- Celtic punk -- Chamber pop -- Chillwave -- Christian metal -- Christian punk -- Christian rock -- College rock -- Comedy rock -- Country rock -- Crossover thrash -- Crust punk -- Cuddlecore -- D-beat -- Dance punk -- Darkwave -- Deathcore -- Death metal -- Desert rock -- Digital hardcore -- Doom metal -- Dream pop -- Drone metal -- Dunedin sound -- Electric folk -- Electronicore -- Emo(core) -- Ethereal wave -- Experimental metal -- Experimental rock -- Folk metal -- Folk funk -- Folk rock -- Freak folk -- Freakbeat -- Funk metal -- Funk rock -- Garage punk -- Garage rock -- Garage rock revival -- Glam metal -- Glam rock -- Goth metal -- Goth rock -- Grindcore -- Groove metal -- Grunge -- Hard rock -- Hardcore -- Heavy metal -- Hpynagogic pop -- Indie folk -- Indie pop -- Indie rock -- Industrial metal and industrial rock -- Jangle pop -- Jazz rock -- Kindie rock -- Krautrock -- Lo-fi rock -- Math rock -- Metalcore -- Mod and mod revival -- Neo-progressive rock -- Neo-psychedelia -- New rave -- New wave -- New wave of American heavy metal -- New wave of British heavy metal -- No wave -- Noise pop -- Noise rock -- Nu gaze -- Nu metal -- Oi! -- The paisley underground -- Pop punk -- Post-Britpop -- Post-grunge -- Post-hardcore -- Post-metal -- Post-punk -- Post-punk revival -- Post-rock -- Power metal -- Power pop -- Powerviolence -- Progressive metal -- Progressive rock -- Proto-punk -- Psychedelic folk -- Psychedelic rock -- Psychedelic soul -- Psychobilly -- Pub rock -- Punk blues -- Punk jazz -- Punk rock -- Queercore -- Raga rock -- Rap metal -- Rap rock -- Reggae rock -- Riot grrrl -- Rockabilly -- Rock in opposition -- San Francisco sound -- Screamo -- Shock rock -- Shoegaze -- Ska punk -- Skate punk -- Skiffle -- Slowcore -- Sludge metal -- Soft rock -- Sophisti-pop -- Southern rock -- Space rock -- Speed metal -- Stoner metal -- Stoner rock -- Straight edge -- Street punk -- Sunshine pop -- Surf rock -- Symphonic metal -- Synth-pop -- Synth-punk -- Thrash metal -- Tropicalia -- Twee -- War metal -- Youth crew. |
| Subject |
Rock music -- History and criticism.
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Rock music -- Encyclopedias.
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Popular music genres.
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Popular music genres. (OCoLC)fst01747460
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Rock music. (OCoLC)fst01099204
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction.
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Reference works.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635.
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Encyclopedias. (OCoLC)fst01423798.
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Reference works. (OCoLC)fst01919963.
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| ISBN |
006268888X (pbk.) |
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9780062688880 (pbk.) |
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