The pioneers of pop in their own words.
Since the advent of rock’n’roll in the mid-50s, the Melody Maker has been at the forefront of pop music journalism, and over the years its writers have interviewed many great – and sometimes controversial – names in rock music, from Bob Dylan to Blondie, Paul McCartney to Iggy Pop. Covering nearly five decades of rock music history in the words of the stars themselves, often with no holds barred rock’n’roll people complements 15 exclusive interviews with brief biographies and key recording details, Stunning pictures from some of the world’s great pop music photographers, including Dezo Hoffman, David Redfern, Michael Putland, Robert Altman and Jill Furmanovsky, lavishly illustrate the changing faces, fashions and performances of the greatest names from the world of rock.
