The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave (Virgin Encyclopedias of Popular Music Series) (Paperback)

~ Colin Larkin (Editor)

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Product Description

This is a complete handbook of information and opinion about the development of indie and new wave music. Based on the "Encyclopedia of Popular Music", the book contains over 1400 entries covering musicians, bands, songwriters, producers and record labels which have made a significant impact on the development of indie and new wave music and traces the emergence of the original punk and garage acts like the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. The encyclopaedia also covers more recent bands such as the Foo Fighters and Oasis as well as cult artists like The Pastels and The Cocteau Twins. Each entry offers information such as dates, career facts, discography and album ratings.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Publishing (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753502313
• ISBN-13: 978-0753502310
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.9 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,331,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hope the 2nd edition fixes the many mistakes of the 1st, January 7, 1999

By	Andre Nogueira (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This volume of Virgin's mamoth collection is the one they should have paid most attention, but unfortunately it is plagued with errors, to the point where I started to question if they checked the facts before the book went to print. Following the music scene in the 90s require a lot of energy because of the many trends that pop-up by the minute, hence I would consider this volume to be the most dauting task within the whole series.