Shock Rock: From Liggy to Ziggy and Ozzy to Rozz

by Andy Bailey

Saluting the bands, artists, and musical genres that have kept rock alive and controversial, this powerful book documents five decades of shocking theatricality in music.The author tracks the evolution of shock rock from a live medium to the smaller realm of television, concluding with its renaissance in the '90s. The book covers such stars as Little Richard and Elvis Presley in the '50s, David Bowie and Marc Bolan in the '60s, Alice Cooper and Iggy Pop in the '70s, Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend in the '80s, and Marilyn Manson and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black in the '90s.

288 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1999