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(More customer reviews)The basic premise of this book (that rock n roll has died several times and that the next great wave of music arises from the ashes from a totally unexpected direction) is solid and well explained. The problems with the book are two-fold. 1. This guy needed an editor and fact-checker in the worst way. DO NOT use any "facts" from this book as facts until you check them against another source. 2. He gets too bogged down in being comprehensive, and spends too little time on his interesting and well put forward premise. A must read for the music fanatic, but not a good place for a beginner to start. One of the vital points of the book is that most critics take it for granted that certain bands were important and great, when they haven't actually LISTENED to them. They take the word of the critics that they've read. Mr. Harrington, does not repeat the mistake, and his "discoveries" of obscure and forgotten musicians and bands are one of the joys of this book.
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