NEW BOOK BY GREG PRATO EXAMINES ROCKS MOST NEGLECTED ALBUMS
It seems like the days of flipping through vast vinyl, cassette, or CD collections is a thing of the past. And while there’s no denying the convenience of having all your favorite albums on a mobile device, it’s becoming more common for recordings to get lost in the shuffle and/or completely forgotten about.
Author/journalist Greg Prato is willing to provide some assistance, with his 12th book overall, Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention. Inside, you will find countless albums that you may have completely forgotten about or perhaps have never even heard of before.
Starting with AC/DC’s Flick of the Switch and wrapping up with Zombi’s Surface to Air, countless styles of music are represented in between – rock n’ roll, hard rock, heavy metal, alternative, new wave, punk, hardcore, grunge, jazz, fusion, psychedelic, prog, folk, blues, funk, soul, rap, spoken word, power pop, big band, glam, experimental, instrumental, soundtracks…the list goes on and on. But the selections stay strong!
Greg Prato is a Long Island, New York-based journalist, whose writing has appearing in Rolling Stone, among other outlets. He is also the author of several acclaimed books, including Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music, A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon, The Eric Carr Story, and MTV Ruled the World: The Early Years of Music Video, among others.
Now available as paperback ($12.99, 256 pages), Kindle ($9.99, 287 pages), and Nook.
($9.99, 256 pages) versions.
The Motley album without Vince and Van Halen III both need to be revisited by everyone!
Motley album with Corabi, definitiely overlooked!
All Tesla CD’s how about Bar 7
I have to also add “Cool from the Wire” from Dirty Looks. RIP Henrik!
Right on, brother…Turn of the Screw excellent too.
“Social Intercourse” from Smashed Gladys…long live Sally Cato
The Sea Hags
Warrior Soul
T T Quick
Prophet
SEA HAGS! Still spinning that disc-sleazy,riff-fueled, Saturday night getting into some trouble,music that rocks like Gibraltar! Gonna check out Prophet as your other bands on your list are all top-shelf!