Geschiedenis van de rockmuziek: hét naslagwerk over rock, punk, metal en nog veel meer

by Mark Paytress

A must-have for any music fan, The History of Rock chronicles over six decades of key events in rock, punk, metal, and more. Featuring profiles of 100 groundbreaking artists from the rock music pantheon and special breakout sections on trendslike Beatlemania, Disco Fever, and Motown, this book is the definitive guide to all things rock n’ roll. It includes over 450 photographs and essays detailing each rock style, from R&B and Rockabilly to Trip Hop and Electronic. It makes an essential addition to any music reference library.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference, Art

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Mark Paytress is a journalist, author and broadcaster. A regular contributor to MOJO magazine, his work has also appeared in numerous publications including The Guardian, Radio Times, Q, Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, Maxim, La Repubblica and Record Collector.

His books include Bolan: The Rise & Fall Of A 20th Century Superstar (Omnibus Press), Break It Up: Patti Smith’s Horses And The Remaking Of Rock’n’Roll (Piatkus), I Was There: The Gigs That Changed The World (Cassell), BowieStyle (Omnibus Press), The Rolling Stones Files (Quadrillion), The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust & The Spiders From Mars (Schirmer), Siouxsie & The Banshees: The Authorised Biography, Vicious: The Art Of Dying Young and critical guides to the work of The Rolling Stones, Radiohead, Nirvana and the Sex Pistols.

Mark has contributed to various television and radio programmes (Night Waves, Front Row), and in winter 2008/09, researched and presented two documentaries for BBC Radio 4, Here’s Kenny (about DJ Kenny Everett) and Stash: The Dandy Aesthete Of Swinging London.

Reviews

[Gabriel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me parece un libro bastante útil para aquellos que están empezando a escuchar rock, o bien para quienes quieran saber sobre música popular del siglo pasado. Es de fácil lectura, ya que cada capítulo corresponde a una década empezando por los 50. Además, al inicio de cada uno tenemos una cronología con sus acontecimientos más importantes, como lanzamientos, separaciones de bandas o la muerte de algún artista.

Solamente tengo dos grandes quejas con respecto a la forma en que se abordó el tema:

1) Por un lado, creo que la atención se centra demasiado en bandas/artistas de Estados Unidos y de Inglaterra, dejando de lado escenas importantísimas que se dieron en otros lados, siendo las mayores excepciones la mención a U2 y la página que le dedica al Krautrock de Alemania. Por ejemplo, no se dice nada sobre la ola de Rock Progresivo en Italia durante los 70, el Thrash Metal alemán de los 80 o o el Black Metal noruego de los 90. Tampoco se mencionan bandas o artistas latinoamericanos con la excepción de Santana.

2) Por otra parte, hay muchos estilos y bandas que se dejan de lado en el libro. Entiendo que es difícil condensar más de 60 años de historia en un libro, pero si el autor fue capaz de dedicar un par de páginas a otros estilos (como hip hop o música disco), entonces ¿por qué dejar fuera a otros que están mucho más relacionados con el rock? El libro no dice nada sobre el AOR que se hizo popular en los 80, ni sobre las ramificaciones que sufrió el heavy metal a lo largo del tiempo. Solamente habla un poco del thrash y el glam metal, pero no dice nada sobre el doom metal, power metal, black metal, death metal, etc. Eso sin mencionar que omite a bandas que tuvieron un rol importante en la historia del rock como ZZ Top, Thin Lizzy, Journey, Van Halen, Judas Priest o Toto.

[Thomas · Rating 1 out of 5]

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I don’t even know where to begin with this book.

I suppose I can start with the fact that it is extremely misrepresented by it’s cover. “The definitive guide?” I can assure you this book is anything but.

No, essentially what we have here is a coffee table guide, and not a very good one at that. It is vague and leaves out many crucial elements that further exemplify how worthless this book is.

At one point it talks about The Police, describing Sting’s vocals as “soprano.”

…

Now, if studying music at university has taught me anything it is that the world is full of morons, but sometimes you just have to stand up and pour a boiled kettle over their heads.

Soprano? Really? No, he isn’t a soprano, he is singing in falsetto. I’m not going to go into the specifics of musical terminology but what I will say is this, it’s probably best not to talk in factual absolutes when you clearly have no idea what you are writing about.

Don't get me wrong, so long as music theory doesn't get involved [and lord knows why it did for some reason] this book does contain a large amount of relevant information, albeit vague, brushing over many of the most crucial points and genres of one of the most widely listened to types of music today.

The only thing that I can really recommend is that if you see this book in the street, kill it! Kill it with fire! Failing that run and hide.

Honestly, this has got to be one of the worst music history books I’ve ever encountered. Thank God the recycling is coming tomorrow.

[Gonzalo Oyanedel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Abordar la evolución de tan potente manifestación cultural es un reto complicado, incluso para un veterano de la prensa musical como Mark Paytress. No obstante - y aun difiriendo en varias inclusiones u omisiones - el panorama histórico social que arma en torno al rock es mayormente certero y my disfrutable cuando el lector no se ciñe a estilos musicales rígidos e irreconciliables. Como introducción al fenomeno, ideal.

[Sergio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Un libro muy completo respecto del origen y toda la historia que rodea al rock no solo como música sino que como fenómeno cultural, me hubiera gustado más detalle en alguna década o algún artista en particular pero cumple con su premisa de ser una guía.

[Kerry · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really interesting read. Quite subjective in some of the content choices but an excellent overview of the musical eras of my life. A great reference book and I learned a lot about the bands and their changes. Good fun!

[Diana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Es un libro corto, si te gusta el rock te va a gustar este libro, te dice aspectos principales de muchos artistas.

[Fernando · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book, but bad spanish translation

[Joyce Meijs · Rating 3 out of 5]

Korte maar krachtige portretten van de sleutel figuren in de Rock muziek.

[Javier Mankind Romero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fue "horror de dedo", estaba buscando otro libro.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

The author makes so many mistakes in this book it's laughable.

[Paola Piliado · Rating 2 out of 5]

I started to notice, around page 100 that his opinions werent as neutral as they should be. It is written as a "Definitive Guide" but the information was sparse and sometimes it revolved around things that didnt appear as important as the actual music. He called Janis Joplin a "tomboy" which, is one of the least important things I would like to know regarding her,and sounds so judgmental. Im 30 years old, and much of the music I remember was in 90s and 2000s and a lot of bands werent even mentioned,( no Smashing Pumpkins for example) and I know it is hard to write a book about the subject and that it is A LOT of facts and stuff but, if you are naming your book a DEFINITIVE GUIDE they should have at least been mentioned. Another thing is that he gives a lot of importance to rap music, and I dont mind, but he also leaves behind a lot of rock bands that have been important and maybe there would have been space but he lost it in electronica and rap and those sort of things. The Nu Metal movement is not even mentioned. He talks about Trip Hop but doesnt give a single whole page to Portishead. Im sorry but i cant look back to those things.

Also, the "key singles" which he mentions around each band seem to be weird choices sometimes. He could have put the most popular song by chart and it would have been fine, but sometimes it seems it is His choice of song and that isnt very professional.

Finally, the images are good. I think Im keeping this just for the historic photographs.

[Angus · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is pretty good, however many parts could use some work. For starters, they could put in a bigger varieties of musical artists, like maybe more classic rock bands like The Guess Who. However, on the bands that they did have I will admit they did a decent job. But with the band lineup section they have for bands, they could tell you more about the other members of the band, like what instrument they play/played and if they wrote any of the bands songs. As a Bass player I think they could also focus more on the drums/Bass/keyboard players instead of just the singers and guitar players mainly. But once again, on most of the stuff the book had it was pretty good. Like they did a really good job of focusing on the whole band as one(their concerts hits etc.) So, all in all they did a pretty decent job along with some of those errors in the book.

[Leonardo Álvarez-Vázquez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Buen libro, aborda en niveles generales la historia del rock y su transición a géneros más comerciales, sin embargo, no aborda los movimientos sociales underground lo que lo hace un libro más general y comercial; el material y diseño del libro es muy bueno, tiene pasta dura, contiene muchas imágenes, muy ilustrativo y de un diseño muy padre.

[Linda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Luettu suomennettu versio Rock kautta aikojen - aikakaudet, tyylit ja artistit, Gummerus 2012.

Loppujen lopuksi tästä ei hirveästi jäänyt mitään mieleen, ja tässä viljeltiin rasittavan paljon sellaisia hienostosanoja, joita kukaa ei ymmärrä. Kappale-ehdotuksia oli kyllä kiva kuunnella.

[Undomiel Books · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really informative, concise history of some of rock's most influential figures, moments, albums, and concerts! All beautifully presented with fantastic graphic design, a brilliant book that looks great next to my record player!

[Daniel Ochoa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un par de errores por ahí, y ni una pinche mención a Tool, pero aún así es una buena lectura para todo amante del Rock.

[Eduardo Téllez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very complete. Like any book of the subject, it has to left some artists and genres out. But I think it's pretty complete, and easy to read. I liked it!

[Frida Palacios · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bueno, no tan completo, pero con lo que tiene está muy bien...