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Title: She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock and Roll by Gillian G. Gaar, Yoko Ono ISBN: 1-58005-078-6 Publisher: Seal Press Pub. Date: December, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: The basic text on rockin' women!
Comment: I agree with a previous critic who complained about some of the omissions in this book. Not only are the women from Fleetwooc Mac missing but so is Chaka Khan, the most influential female R&B singer since Aretha Franklin! But except for those omissions - and the author's apparent bias in favor of those women who let her interview them - "She's a Rebel" is the basic and essential text on women in rock. At a time when the rock establishment continues to ignore women - the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has not inducted a single woman in several years - we need an author like Gaar to remind us of the contributions that women made and continue to make to our pop music. A special salute to Gaar for including in her book the often-ignored, and mostly-unknown, "womyn's music".
Rating: 5
Summary: Don't let lack of Nicks nix this book
Comment: While I love Stevie Nicks as much as the next person, this book is very important - even without space devoted to her. Sure she is an important figure in rock & roll, but "She's a Rebel" shines valuable light on some of the less-well-known figures in the history of rock. Don't discount a book that should be essential reading to every fan of rock music just because of an omission.
Rating: 3
Summary: basically a fine overview of women in rock...
Comment: Includes many of today's rock divas as well in this edition. But how can anyone write a book of women's contributions to rock and roll and ignore Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac? They were not strictly ornaments, they wrote most of the Mac's hit songs and were fine musicians in their own right. I just find that hard to accept, as will many others.... Women like Sheryl Crow, Courtney Love and Sarah McLachlan have acknowledged their debt to them. Not to mention Stevie's triumphant return in 2001..
The rest of the book is fine, it covers well known and not so well known women in rock, mainstream and non-mainstream.
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Title: Rock She Wrote by Evelyn McDonnell, Ann Powers ISBN: 0815410182 Publisher: Cooper Square Press Pub. Date: October, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: 20th Century Rock and Roll: Women in Rock (20th Century Rock and Roll) by Dale Sherman ISBN: 1896522297 Publisher: Collector's Guide Pub Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: She Bop 2: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul by Lucy O'Brien, Lucy O'Brian ISBN: 0826457762 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Grrrls : Viva Rock Divas by Amy Raphael, Deborah Harry ISBN: 0312141092 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 15 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Disruptive Divas: Feminism, Identity & Popular Music (Studies in Contemporary Music and Culture) by Lori Burns, Melisse Lafrance, Joseph Auner ISBN: 0815335547 Publisher: Garland Science Pub. Date: October, 2001 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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