American Rock: Guitar Heroes, Punks, and Metalheads

by Erik Farseth

A guitarist fires off riffs.
A drummer pounds out primal rhythms.
Fans scream along to a booming chorus.
These are the sounds of rock.

When rock 'n' roll first shook up young audiences, parents and politicians screamed in protest. But artists soon used the music to make protests of their own. Since rock's birth in the 1950s, its sounds have been blasted from garages to stadiums. The music can be the soundtrack to rebellion,...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761345035
• ISBN13: 9780761345039
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.9" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 10 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 5 to Postsecondary