Richly anecdotal and always provocative, this sharp, insightful, opinionated book explores the rise--and arrested development--of rock and roll over the last half century.

Discusses the evolution of rock music from its earliest origins to today's most influential musical styles and performers

Attempts to track rock and roll -- as music, as culture, as headline maker, as business -- from its hazy origins to the present day.

The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Third Edition includes all the facts, phenomena, and flukes that make up the history of rock.".

First Published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.