50 Years of Rolling Stone: The Music, Politics and People that Changed Our Culture

by Rolling Stone LLC, Jann S. Wenner, Jodi Peckman (Editor), Joe Levy (Editor)

Overview

Join Hunter Thompson, Annie Leibovitz, Tom Wolfe, Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Bruce Springsteen, Kendrick Lamar, and Taylor Swift on a decade-by-decade exploration of music and history with this one-of-a-kind gift book.

For over fifty years, Rolling Stone magazine has been a leading voice in journalism, cultural criticism, and—above all—music. Whether you bought your music on vinyl, on CD, by downloading, or even on 8-tracks and cassette tapes, this landmark book documents the magazine’s rise to prominence as the voice of rock and roll and a leading showcase for era-defining photography.

From the revolution of 1960s to the hip hop and pop of today, this unique gift book offers a decade-by-decade exploration of American music and history. Interviews with rock legends—Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Kurt Cobain, Bruce Springsteen, and more—appear alongside iconic photographs by Baron Wolman, Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, and other leading image-makers. Chapters include:

• The 1960s: Pete Townshend, Woodstock, “The Groupies and Other Girls,” and more
• The 1970s: John Lennon, Charles Manson, The Sex Pistols, and more
• The 1980s: Michael Jackson, Guns N’ Roses, Keith Richards, and more
• The 1990s: Eminem, Marilyn Manson, Kurt Cobain, and more
• The 2000s: Bono, Bob Dylan, David Foster Wallace, and more
• The 2010s: Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and more

With feature articles, excerpts, photography, and exposés by such quintessential writers as Hunter S. Thompson, Matt Taibbi, and David Harris, this book is an irresistible and essential keepsake of the magazine that has defined American music from the Baby Boomers to Generation Z.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781419724466
Publisher:	Abrams
Publication date:	05/16/2017
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	412,475
Product dimensions:	11.40(w) x 14.20(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Rolling Stone was founded by publisher Jann S. Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason in 1967. It has a circulation of more than one million readers and widespread international circulation. Wenner is also the head of Wenner Media, and the publisher of Us Weekly and Men’s Journal. In 2005, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone and Wenner are based in New York City.


Rolling Stone was founded by publisher Jann S. Wenner and music critic Ralph J. Gleason in 1967. It has a circulation of more than one million readers in the United States and widespread international circulation. Wenner is also the head of Wenner Media and the publisher of Us Weekly and Men’s Journal. In 2005, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Rolling Stone and Wenner are based in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

09/15/2017
In 1967, the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine commenced the publication's five-decade odyssey, which has included coverage of music, film, television, current events and politics, combined with memorable photographic portraits that range in mood from dramatic and emotional to whimsical. This gorgeous, large-scale coffee-table book is organized chronologically and includes iconic images of a vast panoply of the giants of the arts, excerpts from famous interviews and pieces, and current reflections and background context on some of the magazine's most memorable stories, with topics ranging from musicians and society to presidential campaigns, the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and the dangers of climate change. Writers from Hunter S. Thompson to Tom Wolfe, and photographers such as Annie Leibovitz and Mark Seliger have been associated with Rolling Stone, and their work is pivotal in any review of the past decades of entertainment and culture. VERDICT As a capsule of the changing times, tastes and styles of the last half-century, this book is both a fitting tribute to a singular publication, and more importantly, a mirror and survey of our society and times.—James Collins, Morristown-Morris Twp. P.L., NJ

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