The ultimate concise reference guide to the biographical titbits, evolving band lineups, anecdotes and track listings of modern pop and rock bands.Updating and encapsulating all the crucial information from the formidable The Great Rock Discography and the Essential Rock Discography 1st Edition this new tome retains a wide spectrum of facts perfect for the ardent music lover, pub-quiz devotee and general pop fan.Music lovers everywhere already regard Martin C. Strong as a god - his established fans eagerly await The Essential Rock Discography 2nd Edition, with its accessibility guaranteeing mass-market appeal.

The most compulsively readable rock 'n' roll reference book ever published, "The Great Rock Discography offers: Complete discographies listing every track by more than 1,000 groups Comprehensive band histories, lineup changes, career milestones Catalog numbers for ordering recordings and evaluating your collection Top U.S. and U.K. chart positions Recommendations of must-have recordings and essential listening Biographies and band histories Detailed artist profiles Name changes, breakups, solo albums For less than the price of three CDs, fans can own a fabulous reference tool and a great read. Everyone from casual rock scholars to the most zealous gatherers of music trivia will crave this essential volume, now in its fourth revised and updated edition.

From Rock's Great Discographer comes the massively expanded second edition of The Great Metal Discography. Fully revised and updated to the end of 2000, it contains over 1000 individual discographies detailing all UK, US and essential Euro albums, singles and EPs in all formats. The Great Metal Discography is the best guide to sonic extremity you'll find - with all the facts you need on amplified guitar abuse in all its multifarious guises: hard rock, heavy metal, thrash metal, funk metal, death metal, hardcore, grindcore, grunge, black metal and more.This, the latest indispensable instalment from Martin C Strong, has got the lowdown on everyone who ever turned the amplifier up to the eleven.

Covers British and American artists and groups, including a biography or history and chronological discographical listings in each entry.

Based on Martin Strong's The Great Rock Discography, this is a compact version featuring 500 of the most influential figures in the history of popular music. It expands on the format of the previous title, in which full track listings for all albums, b-sides for all singles, labels, UK and US chart positions, band members, recommended listening, style analysis, band histories - from original line-ups to dissolution, solo projects, potted biographies, a pricing guide for rare albums and release dates are given.