Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: Pop from the Beginning

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Description

Nik Cohn began to write this book in the late 1960s with a simple purpose: to catch the feel, the pulse of Rock. Nobody had written a serious book on the subject before, and there were no reference books or research to refer to. The result is an unruly, thrilling and definitive history of an era, from Bill Haley to Jimi Hendrix, full of guts, flash, energy and speed. In vividly describing the music and cutting through the hype, Nik Cohn engendered and perfected a new form: rock criticism.

Additional information

Weight 0.191 kg
Dimensions 1.7 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

272

Publisher

Year Published

2016-1-7

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

178487048X

About The Author

Nik Cohn was brought up in Derry, Northern Ireland. His books include I Am Still the Greatest Says Johnny Angelo, Ball the Wall, The Heart of the World, Need and Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap. He also wrote the story that gave rise to Saturday Night Fever and collaborated on Rock Dreams and Twentieth Century Dreams with the artist Guy Peellaert. He lives in New York.

Review Quote

A thrilling, inspirational read.

Other text

Set the template for a whole new style of rock journalism, informed, irreverent, passionate and polemical.