Rock-and-roll woman : the 50 fiercest female rockers / Meredith Ochs.
From chanteuses to blues belters and guitar slingers, Ochs provides fifty female artists and groups. She shows how they not only illustrate the width and breadth of rock music-- they define it. Presented chronologically from the birth of rock today, these women rockers shook up the music scene. Their stories are inspirational-- and their art is timeless. -- adapted from back cover and introduction
Record details
- ISBN: 9781454930624
- ISBN: 1454930624
- Physical Description: 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
- Publisher: New York : Sterling, [2018]
- Copyright: ©2018
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Sister Rosetta Tharpe -- Big Mama Thornton -- Wanda Jackson -- Aretha Franklin -- Ronnie Spector -- Tina Turner -- Janis Joplin -- Grace Slick -- Fanny -- Carole King -- Marianne Faithful -- Suzi Quatro -- Stevie Nicks & Christine McVie -- Ann & Nancy Wilson -- Linda Ronstadt -- Bonnie Raitt -- The Runaways -- Siouxsie Sioux -- The Slits -- Poison Ivy -- Patti Smith -- Tina Weymouth -- Debbie Harry -- Chrissie Hynde -- Pat Benatar -- Exene Cervenka -- Kim Gordon -- The Go-Go's -- Cyndi Lauper -- Annie Lennox -- The Bangles -- Melissa Etheridge -- Kim Deal -- L7 -- Kathleen Hanna -- Courtney Love -- PJ Harvey -- Sheryl Crow -- Alanis Morissette -- Gwen Stefani -- Shirley Manson -- Sleater-Kinney -- Susan Tedeschi -- Amy Winehouse -- Amy Lee -- Karen O -- Grace Potter -- St. Vincent -- Hayley Williams -- Brittany Howard. |
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Subject: | Rock music > History. Women musicians > Biography. Women musicians > Pictorial works. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
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Summary:
From chanteuses to blues belters and guitar slingers, Ochs provides fifty female artists and groups. She shows how they not only illustrate the width and breadth of rock music-- they define it. Presented chronologically from the birth of rock today, these women rockers shook up the music scene. Their stories are inspirational-- and their art is timeless. -- adapted from back cover and introduction