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The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Rock Snob's Dictionary: An Essential Lexicon of Rockological Knowledge
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Kamp
By (author) Steven Daly
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 124
Category/GenreThe arts - general issues
ISBN/Barcode 9780767918732
ClassificationsDewey:781.6603
Audience
General
Illustrations 70 B/W ILLUS. THROUGHOUT

Publishing Details

Publisher Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc)
Publication Date 12 April 2005
Publication Country United States

Description

At last! An A-to-Z reference guide for readers who want to learn the cryptic language of Rock Snobs, those arcana-obsessed people who speak of "Rickenbacker guitars" and "Gram Parsons." We've all been there--trapped in a conversation with smarty-pants music fiends who natter on about "the MC5" or "Eno" or "the Hammond B3," not wanting to let on that we haven't the slightest idea what they're talking about. Well, fret no more! The Rock Snob's Dictionary is here to define every single sacred totem of rock fandom's know-it-all fraternity, from Alt.country to Zimmy. (That's what Rock Snobs call Bob Dylan, by the way.)

Author Biography

DAVID KAMP has been a writer for Vanity Fair and GQ for over a decade, and began his career at Spy, the satirical New York monthly. STEVEN DALY is a Vanity Fair contributing editor, and in a previous life was a rock musician in his native Glasgow, playing drums for the band Orange Juice. Kamp and Daly live in New York City.