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  • The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names

  • How Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Vampire Weekend, and 532 Other Bands Got Their Names
  • Written by: Adam Dolgins
  • Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
  • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins

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The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names

Written by: Adam Dolgins
Narrated by: Gabriel Vaughan
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The Big Book of Rock & Roll Names tells the behind-the-scenes stories of how the world's most popular and influential rock and pop acts got their names.

By turns fascinating, funny, and bizarre, this book offers insight into the peculiar choices and idiosyncratic psychologies of hundreds of top musicians from the 1960s to the present. Originally published more than two decades ago to great success, it's been out of print for years and has now been completely updated and expanded to feature dozens of exclusive interviews, including conversations with groups like The Black Keys, The Killers, Twenty One Pilots, Coldplay, Cage the Elephant, and Vampire Weekend. From Arcade Fire to ZZ Top, this diverting and handsome collection reveals the often overlooked but defining histories of hundreds of the biggest names in rock and pop.

©2019 Adam Dolgins (P)2024 Tantor Media
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