Rock Atlas

Rock Atlas is a book of more than 650 great music locations (689 in total) throughout the UK and Ireland and the stories behind them.

Anita Awbi
  • By Anita Awbi
  • 5 Dec 2011
  • min read
Rock Atlas is a book of more than 650 great music locations (689 in total) throughout the UK and Ireland and the stories behind them. The book features landmark album cover locations, gravestones, plaques, recording studios, statues and sites of famous and infamous gigs.

The tome was compiled and written by David Roberts who was formerly the managing editor of the Guinness range of music books including British Hit Singles, Rockopedia and The Encyclopedia of Popular Music.

covers artists as diverse as The Beatles, Stones, The Who, Bowie, Bolan, New Order, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Queen, AC/DC, Michael Jackson, Sex Pistols, The Stranglers, Depeche Mode, Oasis, Arctic Monkeys, Adele, Kaiser Chiefs and Mumford & Sons, featuring hundreds of rare and unseen pics including The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Jimi Hendrix, The Beach Boys, The Grateful Dead and lists of the birthplaces of hundreds of musicians. RRP: £19.99

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