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Rock: The Rough Guide
Compiles rock music reviews written by fans covering every phase of rock from R&B through punk and rap
- GenresMusicReferenceNonfiction
1001 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 1996
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About the author
Jonathan Buckley
76 books52 followersJonathan Buckley was born in Birmingham, grew up in Dudley, and studied English Literature at Sussex University, where he stayed on to take an MA. From there he moved to King’s College, London, where he researched the work of the Scottish poet/artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. After working as a university tutor, stage hand, maker of theatrical sets and props, bookshop manager, decorator and builder, he was commissioned in 1987 to write the Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto.
He went on to become an editorial director at Rough Guides, and to write further guidebooks on Tuscany & Umbria and Florence, as well as contributing to the Rough Guide to Classical Music and Rough Guide to Opera.
His first novel, The Biography of Thomas Lang, was published by Fourth Estate in 1997. It was followed by Xerxes (1999), Ghost MacIndoe (2001), Invisible (2004), So He Takes The Dog (2006), Contact (2010) and Telescope (2011). His eighth novel, Nostalgia, was published in 2013.
From 2003 to 2005 he held a Royal Literary Fund fellowship at the University of Sussex, and from 2007 to 2011 was an Advisory Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, for whom he convenes a reading group in Brighton.
He went on to become an editorial director at Rough Guides, and to write further guidebooks on Tuscany & Umbria and Florence, as well as contributing to the Rough Guide to Classical Music and Rough Guide to Opera.
His first novel, The Biography of Thomas Lang, was published by Fourth Estate in 1997. It was followed by Xerxes (1999), Ghost MacIndoe (2001), Invisible (2004), So He Takes The Dog (2006), Contact (2010) and Telescope (2011). His eighth novel, Nostalgia, was published in 2013.
From 2003 to 2005 he held a Royal Literary Fund fellowship at the University of Sussex, and from 2007 to 2011 was an Advisory Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, for whom he convenes a reading group in Brighton.
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November 2, 2011
Rough Guides' first go at a rock encyclopedia, written entirely by fans (most of them paid £5 per entry) but edited by Rough Guides to ensure a measure of objectivity. Some wilfully obscure artists add to the charm; glaring omissions (such as Slade) found their way into the 2nd edition.
Dated now, of course, but it does give a glimpse into how the culture was regarded in the mid-1990s.
Dated now, of course, but it does give a glimpse into how the culture was regarded in the mid-1990s.
April 20, 2008
Great for reading the best stories about bands, which often have little to do with the music!
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