Rock & Pop Music

The hard-rocking British supergroup was fronted by Steve Marriott, possessor of what is generally regarded as one of the finest ever rock and blue-...

Bursting out of industrial Birmingham in the late 1970s and hitching a ride on the Two-Tone bandwagon for their first single, The English Beat answ...

Bob Dylan is the magician who sprinkled poetic fairy dust on to the popular music of the early sixties and his songwriting sparked a revolution and...

From Sunday Times bestselling author Lesley-Ann JonesOn 12 July 1962, the Rollin' Stones performed their first-ever gig at London's Marquee jazz cl...

***Nominated for the 2024 Penderyn Music Book Prize***A Times Book of the YearA Telegraph Book of the YearA Waterstones Book of the YearA Mojo Musi...

For four decades, Depeche Mode dominated electronic music, from the naïve melodies of 1981s Speak & Spell through to 2023s Memento Mori. Throug...

'Electric Wizard is heavy, man - we don't sing about love and flowers.' Jus ObornIn 1993, in the market town of Wimborne Minster in Dorset, England...

Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my lif...

'This is the book we've been waiting for . . . It is a biography to be treasured' Joe Boyd'The Drake completist could ask for nothing else' Daily T...

A Rough Trade Book of the Year The much-anticipated first book from Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler ...

This second volume begins 60 years ago when Elvis Presley returns from the army, wondering if he still has a career and massive fan base after bein...

Renowned rock author Martin Popoff's exhaustive and detailed timeline of Deep Purple milestones from 1980 - 2011, including some similar bands, inf...

If ever a rock band reflected the era in which they played, then it must be the Animals to the 1960s. To know their story is to know that decade. ...

A thrilling insider's account of the gold age of British rock by the founder and only remaining original member of Wishbone Ash.