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Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll

The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music

ISBN-13: 9781573444057

Contributor(s): Christopher Knowles

Subjects: Music: Rock & Pop

Publisher: Simon And Schuster Group USA

Publisher Imprint: Viva Editions

Publication Date: 21-10-2010

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£15.99

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About the book

Many people today see rock 'n' roll as the marriage between new technology, African roots music and European folk. But, as comics legend and pop culture expert Chris Knowles shows in an eye-opening argument, its spirit is much more ancient than that. Sex, drugs, loud music, wild costumes, pyrotechniques - these were all characteristics of the so-called 'mystery religions' of the ancient world. Chris Knowles here traces their history, their rise and fall and eventual metamorphosis into what is known today as rock 'n' roll culture.