1981-1990

"A veteran music journalist explores how four legendary rock bands--KISS, Cheap Trick, Aerosmith, and Starz--laid the foundation for two diametrically opposed subgenres: hair metal in the '80s and grunge in the '90s"--Provided by publisher.

". . . [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.

"In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses rock stars of the 70s and 80s and the new technology for the future.

Looks at various music trends since 1980, including alternative, country, hip-hop, and rap, and notable singers, bands, and musicians from these trends.

Alphabetically arranged entries chronicle the careers of more than 110 musical artists from thirty-seven different nations; each entry includes biographical information, a chronology of the entrants' musical development, and analysis of the performers' critical and popular reception.

Examines notable singers and bands of the 1980s, including Dire Straits, Michael Jackson, Elton John, Madonna. and the Police.

Describes the efforts of rock musician Bob Geldof to organize the Live Aid concert to raise money for famine victims in Ethiopia.