Hail, hail rock'n'roll When did rock'n'roll begin? Did it start with Elvis Presley? Or maybe Bill Haley's 'Rock Around the Clock'? When the electric guitar was invented in the 1950s, rock music took off. By the early sixties, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones had arrived. And the world was almost ready for Jimi Hendrix. Rock music is guitars, drums and in-your-face vocals - played loud and live. Take a tour behind the scenes to see what makes it happen. Listen in to what roadies say about life on the road. Find out what it takes to be a star, or how to get your band up and running. Rock Raps takes you from the raw beginnings, through pop, punk, heavy metal and disco fever - right up to rock and rap in the nineties.

 

There are 96 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Allen & Unwin .

Meredith Costain rocked through the eighties playing piano and synth in blues and covers bands in grungy inner-city pubs, and met some of the industry's finest while working as a door-bitch at infamous rock venues. A heavy-metal-loving housemate introduced her to the finer points of power chords, big hair, and twenty-minute guitar solos. Her talented friends - who include roadies, drummers, bass players and band managers - helped her nail the inside story for Rock Raps. As well as writing, Meredith reviews books, edits children's magazines, and teaches in a professional writing course. She lives in Melbourne, and enjoys eating, sleeping and sixties music. Meredith has published many books for children, including Musical Harriet, Night of the Voodoo Doll, London Blues , and novelisations of Heartbreak High .