Rock History

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    • 1964–1977: The Beatles, the Stones, and the Rise of Classic Rock
    • By: Ed Ward
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Series: The History of Rock & Roll, Book 2
    • Length: 12 hrs and 50 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 80 ratings
    • Ed Ward weaves together an pause-resisting narrative told through colorful anecdotes and shares the behind-the-scenes stories of the megastars, the trailblazers, DJs, record executives, concert promoters, and producers who were at the forefront of this incredible period in music history....

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    • An Oral History as Told by the Artists, Backstage Insiders, and Fans Who Were There
    • By: Marc Myers
    • Narrated by: Christina Delaine, Michael Butler Murray
    • Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
    • Release date: 02-22-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
    • Decades after the rise of rock music in the 1950s, the rock concert retains its allure and its power as a unifying experience - and as an influential multibillion-dollar industry. In Rock Concert, acclaimed interviewer Marc Myers sets out to uncover the history of this phenomenon....

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    • A History of Ancient Rome
    • By: Mary Beard
    • Narrated by: Phyllida Nash
    • Length: 18 hrs and 30 mins
    • Release date: 11-19-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 4,856 ratings
    • Mary Beard narrates the unprecedented rise of a civilization that even 2,000 years later still shapes many of our most fundamental assumptions about power....

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    • The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music
    • By: Christopher Knowles
    • Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Length: 7 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 01-12-12
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 22 ratings
    • Sex. Drugs. Loud music. Wild costumes. Dazzling light shows. These words can all describe a great rock concert or a hot dance club....

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    • Phantom Chords: True Tales of Haunted Studios, Ghostly Encounters, and Otherworldly Rockers
    • By: Staci Layne Wilson
    • Narrated by: Shrader Thomas
    • Series: Rock & Roll Nightmares
    • Length: 3 hrs and 23 mins
    • Release date: 10-29-24
    • Language: English
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    • Welcome to the ultimate backstage pass to the afterlife, where the music never stops and the encores are eternal.

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    • Leo Fender, Les Paul, and the Guitar-Pioneering Rivalry That Shaped Rock 'n' Roll
    • By: Ian S. Port
    • Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
    • Length: 9 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 01-15-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 560 ratings
    • A riveting saga in the history of rock ‘n’ roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound - Leo Fender and Les Paul - and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles to play the instruments they built....

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    • Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them
    • By: Donald R. Prothero
    • Narrated by: Tom Parks
    • Length: 11 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 05-05-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 140 ratings
    • The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology....

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    • Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance
    • By: Nick Estes
    • Narrated by: Bill Andrew Quinn
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 04-30-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 131 ratings
    • In 2016, a small protest encampment at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota, initially established to block construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline, grew to be the largest Indigenous protest movement in the 21st century....

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    • Sex, and Drugs, and Guns N' Roses
    • By: Steven Adler, Lawrence C. Spagnola - with
    • Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
    • Length: 9 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 02-11-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 368 ratings
    • From Steven Adler, the original drummer for Guns N' Roses, comes My Appetite for Destruction, the inside story of GNR. Offering a different perspective from the bestselling Slash, Adler chronicles his life with the band, and own intense struggle with addiction....

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    • The Story of Kiss's Destroyer and the Making of an American Icon
    • By: James Campion
    • Narrated by: Stephen Borne
    • Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins
    • Release date: 01-26-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 55 ratings
    • Shout It Out Loud is a serious examination of the circumstance and serendipity that fused the creation of the band's seminal work, Destroyer....

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    • The Oral History of 45 Iconic Hits That Changed Rock, R&B and Pop
    • By: Marc Myers
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Yen
    • Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
    • Release date: 11-01-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 92 ratings
    • Covering the history of rock, R&B, country, disco, soul, reggae, and pop, Anatomy of a Song is a love letter to the songs that have defined generations of listeners....

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    • The Sex Pistols and Punk Rock
    • By: Jon Savage
    • Narrated by: Chris MacDonnell
    • Length: 21 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 08-31-21
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 47 ratings
    • England's Dreaming is the ultimate book on punk, its progenitors, the Sex Pistols, and the moment they defined for music fans in England and the United States....

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    • The Beatles After the Breakup
    • By: Peter Doggett
    • Narrated by: Shaun Grindell
    • Length: 14 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 03-24-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 150 ratings
    • Acclaimed journalist Peter Doggett recounts the previously untold story of the dramatic final chapter in the lives, loves, and legal battles of John, Paul, George, and Ringo - a.k.a. The Beatles - from their breakup in 1969 to the present day....

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    • A History of Contemporary Christian Music
    • By: Leah Payne
    • Narrated by: Leah Payne
    • Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-24
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • In this book, Leah Payne traces the history and trajectory of Contemporary Christian Music (CCM) in America and, in the process, demonstrates how the industry, its artists, and its fans shaped—and continue to shape—conservative, (mostly) white, evangelical Protestantism.

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    • The Punk Series, Book 1
    • By: Ward Carroll
    • Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
    • Series: The Punk Series, Book 1
    • Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 04-26-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 381 ratings
    • Punk’s War reveals the inner workings of the US Navy as only an insider can. An authentic and riveting thriller, it is a highly acclaimed novel of a fighter pilot’s experience in the era just before 9/11....

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    • The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself - While the Rest of Us Die
    • By: Garrett M. Graff
    • Narrated by: Jacques Roy
    • Length: 18 hrs and 4 mins
    • Release date: 05-02-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,275 ratings
    • A fresh window on American history: the eye-opening truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil, even if the rest of us die....

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    • The American Paratroopers Who Took Back Corregidor and Exacted MacArthur's Revenge on Japan
    • By: Kevin Maurer
    • Narrated by: Stephen Graybill
    • Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-01-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 39 ratings
    • From the number-one New York Times best-selling coauthor of No Easy Day comes a thrilling World War II story of the American airborne soldiers who captured a Japanese-held island fortress....

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    • My Time Making Hit Records in the Glory Days of Rock Music
    • By: Tom Werman
    • Narrated by: Tom Werman
    • Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
    • Release date: 03-26-24
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 26 ratings
    • As an A&R man at Epic Records, Tom Werman helped introduce the world to REO Speedwagon, Boston, Ted Nugent, and Cheap Trick. Then, as an independent producer, he oversaw landmark albums by Mötley Crüe, Twisted Sister, Lita Ford, Jeff Beck, Poison, and many more.

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