"Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go-Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it's the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she's twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Another band getting noticed is The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne....

A definitive account of Brian Wilson's expansive genius and consuming madness. The author follows the Beach Boys from their earliest days to chart Brian's descent (and triumphant reemergence) while celebrating his transcendent music and the Beach Boys' place in rock 'n' roll history.

Keys spent years on the road during the early days of rock 'n' roll. Now he paints a unique picture of the coming-of-age of rock 'n' roll itself while celebrating how his raw talent and outsized personality have elevated him from sideman to a rock icon.

An influential music columnist for "The New York Post" presents an insider's assessment of major rock-and-roll personalities while tracing her career and the genre's evolution throughout the past four decades.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Looks at the history of rock music, its different styles, and its impact on a generation.

While Farmer Joe is at the National Tractor Society conference in Reno, his animals go on tour in a broken down van, performing as the band called Punk Farm.

Rock legend Chrissie Hynde reflects on her life and career as a songwriter and guitarist and as lead singer of the rock band the Pretenders.

"It's just another ordinary day at Horace Green Prep School, and the students think they're getting just another ordinary substitute teacher. Instead, Dewey Finn, a washed-up musician with dreams of greatness, whisks them away on a totally rocking adventure"--