Almost 70 years since the birth of rock, this book honors the legends that gave it sound. Rock is not just a genre of music. It is a way of being, it's an attitude. It is a movement that has swept around the world from the 1950s until today. The universe of rock is a star-studded one; filled with artists and songs that have changed the world with their innovation, their ideas, their thoughts, and their style. The Great History of Rock presents 80 of these amazing artists from Elvis Presley to Bob Dylan, the Beatles to the Rolling Stones, KISS to Nirvana, and Amy Winehouse to Coldplay.