A social history of rock music: From the greasers to glitter rock

by Loyd Grossman

150 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Loyd Daniel Gilman Grossman, OBE, FSA (born 16 September 1950) is an American-British television presenter, gastronome and musician who has mainly worked in the United Kingdom. He is currently a judge on ITV Food series Food Glorious Food.

Grossman was born in Marblehead, Massachusetts on 16 September 1950, the son of David K. Grossman and Helen Katherine (née Gilman). His father was Jewish and worked as an antiques dealer. His initial education was at the General John Glover School in Marblehead, and then at Marblehead High School. He graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history before going to the United Kingdom in 1975 to study at the London School of Economics where he received a Masters in economic history.

Reviews

[Gwen · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a quick read. It is pretty much a thesis, which I believe it started out to be anyway. There are some interesting opinions posited and in that it was published in the 1970s there are also some statements that have played out in a different direction than the author thought. The reading of the book was a way to fill in time, but offered no real insight or new knowledge in my case.

[Petty Lisbon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Obviously this is a dated book but it was interesting seeing real reactions to genre or line up changes for classic rock bands in "real" time. This book is an okay one for a TLDR for classic rock.