VH1 Rock Stars Encyclopedia

About this book

Updated and revised edition of a detailed collection of biographies of rock stars. Charts the year-by-year histories of the most successful and influential acts of the last 50 years and spans a diversity of popular music including rock rhythm and blues country folk reggae punk alternative heavy metal rap and electronica. Arranged alphabetically according to soloists names or band names. approximately 200 of the entries include b&w photographs. Rees and Crampton are the co-founders of Media Research and & Information Bureau and have written several books. Annotation c. Book News Inc. Portland OR (booknews.com)