rock music

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". . . [the author] documents what was once called a "punk rock world"-the all-encompassing hardcore-indie culture that incubated his own talent. . . showing just how widespread the movement became, ranging across the nation, from Washington, D.C. through Ohio and Minnesota to Los Angeles, and how democratic it was due to its commitment to do-it-yourself tactics"--Adapted from publisher.

"[Presents a collection of] fifty selections from fifty writers covering approximately fifty years of American rock and pop writing"--Page xi.

Discusses the competetive nature of the music world since the emergence of the Beatles on television in 1964, chronicling the development of British rock through icons such as the Kinks, the Who, and various imitators of Elvis Presley, American rockabilly, Motown, and electric blues.

Uses archival stories and photographs from magazines "Melody Maker" and "New Musical Express" to cover rock music from 1970 to 1979.

". . . a critical reexamination of the interwoven political and musical happenings in San Francisco in the 1960s"--Back cover.

"A . . . tour through popular music history, featuring . . . acts from the 1950s to the [modern age]"--Provided by publisher.

At the end of the day, while Farmer Joe gets ready for bed, his animals tune their instruments to perform in a big concert as a rock band called Punk Farm.