ANDREA SWENSSON – FLEETWOOD MAC AND RUMOURS: 50 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY BRYAN WILLISTON The creation of Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album, Rumours, is the stuff of rock ‘n’ roll legend. It is a now-familiar tale of a British blues act who [...]
GILLIAN GAAR – GRUNGE! THE STORY OF THE MUSIC THAT REDEFINED ROCK MOTORBOOKS/QUARTO PUBLISHING GROUP BOOK REVIEW BY CHRIS X I never stood a chance of ignoring this book. The striking cover didn’t invite me in so much as it pinned me [...]
JULIEN BITOUN – GALLAGHER’S GUITARS: THE RORY GALLAGHER COLLECTION MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY In the introduction he wrote for Gallagher’s Guitars: The Rory Gallagher Collection, Johnny Marr writes a great deal of Rory [...]
ANDREA SWENSSON – PRINCE AND PURPLE RAIN: 40 YEARS MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS Prince And Purple Rain: 40 Years is the first book to emerge from author Andrea Swensson. The Minneapolis-based journalist, and host and co-producer [...]
RICHIE UNTERBERGER – BOB MARLEY AND THE WAILERS: THE ULTIMATE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY GERROD HARRIS It is challenging to pinpoint Bob Marley’s influence over pop culture. Interest in the reggae pioneer seems to be [...]
GILLIAN G. GEAR, MARTIN POPOFF, RICHIE UNTERBERGER, MATT ANNISS, KEN MICALLEF – IN THE GROOVE: THE VINYL RECORD AND TURNTABLE REVOLUTION MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Vinyl records are back in a big way, and in many ways they [...]
DANIEL BUKSZPAN – OZZY @ 75 MOTORBOOKS BOOK REVIEW BY AARON BADGLEY Daniel Bukszpan has written or contributed to books about Rush, Aerosmith, Heavy Metal, Iron Maiden, Woodstock and many more. With Ozzy @ 75, Bukszpan turns his attention [...]