Rock Names Updated: From Abba to ZZ Top: How Rock Bands Got Their Names [Paperback]

Adam Dolgins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1998

This newly revised edition includes the origins of the names of the such contemporary bands as Chumbwamba, Savage Garden, Smash Mouth, and others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Citadel Press; 3rd edition (November 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806520469
• ISBN-13: 978-0806520469
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,008,192 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Informative, Very Funny, December 11, 1998

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This review is from: Rock Names Updated: From Abba to ZZ Top: How Rock Bands Got Their Names (Paperback)

This book was spectacularly well-researched. I learned more from reading it--and came away with more amusing anecdotes to tell my friends-- than I have from my eleven years of subscribing to Rolling Stone. The author really knows what he's talking about.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Really Cool!, January 7, 2008

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This review is from: Rock Names Updated: From Abba to ZZ Top: How Rock Bands Got Their Names (Paperback)

This book promises just what it says, it's the definitions of how all the famous rock bands got their names and why. VERY addictive! Loads of fun! Finally, I know why "Bread" decided on that stupid stupid name, and why The Ramones' name means so much to them. This book has it ALL.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Could have been a better product., October 22, 2008

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Edward Lopez (New York City, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This is a fun book, no doubt. But the author sometimes goes on page after page on one name, a major waste of space. Additionally, there are a lot of entries of groups I've never heard of and I'm sure no one has!

The author could have considered using a source such as "JOEL WHITBURN'S TOP POP Singles 1955-1993" (my copy) to tell us about more of the groups that affected us instead of wasting space on unknowns.