The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music

By: Colin Larkin

Book Overview

The aim of this book is to provide a complete handbook of information and opinion about the history of the music of the 1980s. There are over 1000 entries on the bands, musicians, songwriters, producers and record labels of this decade, everyone who had any significant impact on the development of rock and pop music. From the new romantics who colourfully filled the gap left by punk, to the stadium acts who provided a launch pad for Live Aid, from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0753501597
• ISBN13: 9780753501597
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Virgin Publishing
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.9" x 9.4"