Melody Maker: Seven years in the 1970’s
It’s December 1963 and a 15 year old Yorkshire boy is asked by his mother, "The Beatles are in Bradford soon, do you want...
Fleetwood Mac Everywhere by Mike Evans
A coffee table book with the usual plethora of familiar-ish Rumours-related photographs but more obscure prints too, giving visual context to the less well-publicised...
The Beach Boys by The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys go well beyond being merely a group of musicians. It wouldn’t be inappropriate to describe them as a cultural, even maybe...
Queensryche by Ross Halfin (Rufus Rock ‘n Roll Publications)
Back in their heyday, Queensryche were blessed (or was it cursed?) with the epithet “the thinking man’s heavy metal band,” a tag they carried...
Velvet Revolver by Ross Halfin (Rufus Rock ‘n Roll Publishing)
Velvet Revolver came together at a time when, according to Duff McKagan, “there wasn’t much rock ‘n roll happening out there in the world,...
The Byrds – On Track Andy Mcarthur (Sonicbund Publications)
The Byrds are one of those bands of whom it can truly be said they were a seminal band, in that their influence extended...
Nightwish – On Track: Every Album, Every Song
It says something about how big a band have become in their home country when the departure of the lead singer prompts questions in...
Deep Purple – A Visual History 1968-76 (Rufus Publications)
Revised by author Chris Charlesworth from his original 1982 text, with intro and outro sections added, and written with the full cooperation of Deep...
Queen In The Seventies
It would be fair to say that Queen have moved away from being merely a rock band towards being a musical phenomenon, with a...
RUSH – Portraits Edition (Rufus Publications)
By the end of the period covered by this book, the early eighties, Rush (the ‘Holy Trinity’ to their global fanbase) were probably the...
