The Periodic Table of HEAVY ROCK - Hardcover

Gittins, Ian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1785031651 ISBN 13: 9781785031656

Publisher: Ebury Press, 2017

Synopsis

"Jimi Hendrix was not so much an element in a Periodic Table of Heavy Rock as an entire elemental spectrum in a parallel universe."

Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find Smashing Pumpkins to Spinal Tap—118 artists that have defined this music genre arranged following the logical ordering of The Periodic Table of Elements. Many of these elements are as unstable and reactive as their chemical counterparts. Shared style influences and band members are all mapped out here, along with the vast spectrum of sound this genre. Grunge rock through to hardcore, blues rock, psychedelic rock, progressive rock, arena rock, glam rock and glam metal, punk rock, blues metal, 80s new wave, comedy metal, thrash, death, intelligent AND nu-metal are all represented here. Includes: Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, AC/DC, Queen, Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper, Yes, GWAR, Hawkwind, Slipknot, Nirvana, ZZ Top, Sex Pistols, Meat Loaf, Queens of the Stone Age, the Doors, Pixies, Minor Threat, Frank Zappa, Slade, Marilyn Manson, The Beatles and Spinal Tap and many, many more. Also includes a beautiful The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock poster.

About this title

About the Author:

Ian Gittins is a music writer for the Guardian who has also written for Melody Maker, Q, Time Out, MTV, Daily Telegraph and New York Times and has penned biographies of Björk and U2. He is also the co-author with Nikki Sixx of Mötley Crüe of the New York Times bestseller The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star.

Review:

“It’s clever, catchy and a great new way to learn about some of the building blocks of rock history.” —Parade.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1785031651
• ISBN 13: 9781785031656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 176