Books
“Rock music was born of a revolt against the sham of Western culture: it was direct and gutsy and spoke to the senses. As such it was profoundly subversive. It still is” . . . Jonathan Eisen, from his book The Age of Rock: Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution.
Books
“Rock music was born of a revolt against the sham of Western culture: it was direct and gutsy and spoke to the senses. As such it was profoundly subversive. It still is” . . . Jonathan Eisen, from his book The Age of Rock: Sounds of the American Cultural Revolution.
Attempting to capture the essence of the current cultural revolution through analysis of its lifeblood, rock music, Eisen has collected and edited thirty-eight critical essays on the rock culture and business to produce a fine, serious comment on our music and its effect on our lives.
An all star cast of writers including Richard Farina (to the memory of whom the book is dedicated), Ralph Gleason, Tom Wolfe, Murray Kempton, Nat Heritoff, and Jon Landau among many, contribute to the book’s readability. Their subjects range from the music of the twenties, underground radio, teen tycoons, to the sex crazed groupies.