The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock: Expanded and Updated Edition

Thoroughly revised, updated, and expanded, The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock combines 600 powerful photographs with half a million words to create the ultimate popular music reference.

Distilled from the eight million-word, continually updated database of The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, all entries, from A through Z, provide essential facts and honest opinion about songwriters, musicians, and producers, including recommended recordings. Whether icons or bygones, influential or infamous, this informed, intelligent guide includes over 1,700 artists - more than 200 appearing for the first time in this edition.

Joining such great artists as the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and the Who, Joni Mitchell, Madonna, and Tina Turner come today's superstars like Alicia Keys, Shakira, Britney Spears, Kid Rock Eminem, and White Stripes.

Authoritative and informative, colorful and compelling, The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock is one reference guide no fan of popular music will want to be without.