Completely updated with new entries and extensive revisions of the previous 1,800, The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia Of Rock & Roll is the authoritative volume on

In 1983, Rolling Stone Press introduced its first rock and roll encyclopedia - a long awaited compendium to the most popular musical innovation of the twentieth

Discusses the evolution of rock music from its earliest origins to today's most influential musical styles and performers

The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll, Third Edition includes all the facts, phenomena, and flukes that make up the history of rock.".

Attempts to track rock and roll -- as music, as culture, as headline maker, as business -- from its hazy origins to the present day.