Experiencing Black Sabbath - A Listener''s Companion

Stolz explores Black Sabbath's nineteen studio albums, several live albums, and additional studio tracks, urging readers to reassess the work of this seminal act in American rock music history. The book uncovers how Black Sabbath's song catalog explored and defined the musical genre they founded, mastered, and disseminated.

Sommario

Chapter 1: The Birth of Metal
Chapter 2: Sweet Leaf and Snowblind
Chapter 3: Prog Sabbath
Chapter 4: Jazz Sabbath and Ozzy's Departure
Chapter 5: Enter Ronnie James Dio
Chapter 6: Stonehenge and the Revolving Door of Musicians
Chapter 7: A Tony Martin Triptych
Chapter 8: Ronnie Returns
Chapter 9: Tony Martin Returns
Chapter 10: Reunions with Ozzy and The End

Info autore

Nolan Stolz is a composer, scholar, and drummer with a background in classical, jazz, and rock music. He is assistant professor and coordinator of music at University of South Carolina Upstate, where he teaches composition, theory, popular music studies, and drum set. Visit his website at www.nolanstolz.com and follow him on Twitter @nolanstolz.

Riassunto

Stolz explores Black Sabbath’s nineteen studio albums, several live albums, and additional studio tracks, urging readers to reassess the work of this seminal act in American rock music history. The book uncovers how Black Sabbath’s song catalog explored and defined the musical genre they founded, mastered, and disseminated.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Nolan Stolz
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9781442256910
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5691-0
• Pagine: 264
• Serie: Listener's Companion; Listener's Companion
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Rock, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rock & Pop music, Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, MUSIC / History & Criticism, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Heavy Metal, Music reviews & criticism, Popular Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Music reviews and criticism