Download or read book The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll written by Patricia Romanowski Bashe and published by Touchstone. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as its official source of information, this authoritative volume, first published in 1983, once again tops the charts with its full coverage of every aspect of the rock scene. Accompanying the more than 2,200 performer profiles are essays that reveal the artists' musical influences, first breaks, hits and misses, and more.