Encyclopaedia of Heavy Rock

by Colin Larkin (Editor)

This encyclopedia of heavy rock and metal music is taken from the database of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Containing over 1400 entries, this book provides reviews of all the big names in the history of the genre.

Genres: Music, Reference

512 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2000

About the author

Colin Larkin is a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book All Time Top 1000 Albums, and edited the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz, the Guinness Who's Who of Blues, and the Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock. He has over 650000 copies in print.

Reviews

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

As with the Chronicle of the Cinema, this was a very important book when I was getting into the music that I've listened to for the last twenty five years or so.