The first biography of the seminal band that was the catalyst for the resurgence of British pop in the 1990s. In The Stone Roses, John Robb observes: ``The Roses were the legendary band of the late 1980s. They changed British pop by putting a cool street band back into the mainstream; they made pop and guitars cool again. When they put out `Fool's Gold,' they virtually invented the perfect 1990s pop record.'' The book looks back to where the band came from, their roots in post-punk youth culture, and their seizing of the moment in the post-acid-house fallout as they took first Manchester, and then Britain, on a swift, swaggering pop adventure that promised so much, yet ultimately burned out. John Robb looks at the glorious late 1980's rush of Manchester street life that was soundtracked by the Roses and copied by a nation. Just as importantly, he examines the impact on the lives and tastes of Britain's youth and the hundreds of bands that followed in the wake of this astonishingly influential band. 256 pp 6 x 9 18 b/w photos

The Stone Roses: And the Resurrection of British Pop

Biographies & Memoirs

Robb, John

Arts & Literature

Ebury Pr

The Swinging Sixties, the trashy Seventies, the money-grabbing Eighties... there is a neat bunch of clichés for every era. But the Nineties? What the f**k was that all about? The Nineties has been an ongoing pop war—a battle between nostalgia and experimentalism. It has been a decade where every shade of option has been stretched to the extreme. In this book, John Robb will be running with the zeitgeist and shooting from the hip, and writing from the middle of the maelstrom.

The Nineties: What the F**k Was That All About?: The Music the Culture the People the Decade

Arts & Photography

Music

RANDOM HOUSE UK

The Stone Roses is acknowledged as one of the most important albums of all time, and the band of the same name single-handedly set the stage for the resurgence of British rock and roll in the 1990s. This is a fully revised and updated biography by a journalist at the forefront of underground music.

The Stone Roses

Ebury Press

Punk rock musician John Robb spent over a year interviewing more than 100 contributors to bring the inside view on the seminal events of the radical Punk Rock movement that exploded in Seventies Britain. The result is the definitive oral history.

Punk Rock: An Oral History

<div> <div>John Robb is a musician, writer, music journalist, and TV host. He formed the seminal punk/alt-rock bandThe Membranes in 1977, and still carries the punk flame today as lead singer of Goldblade, renowned for their incendiary live shows. His other titles includeThe Charlatans,Green Day, andThe Nineties.</div> </div>

Fully revised and updated, with brand-new chapters and exclusive details on their reformation; this is the definitive, most revered account of the band, from a journalist and musician who was there from the beginning
The band, the lifestyle, the revolution—this classic biography charts the phenomenal rise of the Stone Roses to the icons they are today, using interviews, rehearsal tapes, and the archives of author John Robb. Robb's exclusive inside knowledge of the Stone Roses creates a compelling and intimate insight into how the band single-handedly set the blueprint for the resurgence of UK rock 'n' roll in the 1990s: Ian Brown's new lazy-style vocals; Reni's fluid, funk-tinged, groundbreaking drumming; and the guitar genius of John Squire. From the band members' early years to the inception of the Roses, through the tours and success, their influences and style, to the demise of the original lineup and their solo careers; every high and low is documented in minute detail.

The Stone Roses: The Reunion Edition

Humor & Entertainment

Agency in Archaeology

Agency in Archaeology is the first critical volume to scrutinise the concept of agency and to examine in-depth its potential to inform our understanding of the past. Theories of agency recognise that human beings make choices, hold intentions and take action. This offers archaeologists scope to move beyond looking at broad structural or environmental change and instead to consider the individual and the group Agency in Archaeology brings together nineteen internationally renowned scholars who have very different, and often conflicting, stances on the meaning and use of agency theory to archaeology. The volume is composed of five theoretically-based discussions and nine case studies, drawing on regions from North America and Mesoamerica to Western and central Europe, and ranging in subject from the late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers to the restructuring of gender relations in the north-eastern US.

History

Dobres, Marcia-Anne

Ancient Civilizations

Routledge

Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization

""For my money, John Robb, a former Air Force officer and tech guru, is the futurists' futurist."" --""Slate""
The counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions--like sabotaging an oil pipeline--that generate a huge return. He shows how combating the shutdown of the world's oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we've come to value the most--worldwide economic and cultural integration--and what we must do now to safeguard against this new method of warfare.

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Trade Paper Press

"For my money, John Robb, a former Air Force officer and tech guru, is the futurists' futurist."—SlateThe counterterrorism expert John Robb reveals how the same technology that has enabled globalization also allows terrorists and criminals to join forces against larger adversaries with relative ease and to carry out small, inexpensive actions—like sabotaging an oil pipeline—that generate a huge return. He shows how combating the shutdown of the world’s oil, high-tech, and financial markets could cost us the thing we’ve come to value the most—worldwide economic and cultural integration—and what we must do now to safeguard against this new method of warfare.

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

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Books by Robb, John

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The Stone Roses: And the Resurrection of British Pop

The Nineties: What the F**k Was That All About?: The Music the Culture the People the Decade

The Stone Roses

Punk Rock: An Oral History

Punk Rock: An Oral History

The Stone Roses: The Reunion Edition

Agency in Archaeology

Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization

Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization

Brave New War: The Next Stage of Terrorism and the End of Globalization