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The Culture in Pictures

Ed. Ian Penberthy

Featuring bands including The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Sex Pistols, Roxy Music and Kiss, this collection of 500 fully captioned photographs from the Mirrorpix archives offers a comprehensive visual record of the many incarnations of rock – Classic, Prog, Glam, Punk and Heavy Metal – between the 1960s and 2010s.

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Product information:
  • Publisher: Ammonite
  • Year: 2012
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 300pp
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 163x166mm
  • ISBN: 9781907708312
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.6kg
Product code:
530723
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This is a celebration of rock music over more than half a century. This is a visual record of the multifaceted musical genre, whose exponents were famous for their adoption of long hair, sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll excess. 500 images from the Mirrorpix archives illustrate the world of rock, from the boundary defying prog rock and hallucinogenic psychedelic rock; the outrageously camp glam rock to the massive sound of heavy metal and the stripped down three-chord anarchy of punk rock. Images capture the atmosphere of rock gigs and arenas, at festivals and in the recording studio. News pictures expose the notoriously hard living lifestyle of rock stars, while portraits of band members and their families reveal rock's softer underbelly.
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