Rock Encyclopedia for Rock Music Lovers

Written by: Nina Bunjevac Salkić

Do you still have rock music in your veins? Do you feel that rhythm sometimes, or does a good rock ballad knock you off your feet like it's coming from next door?

But you don't know much about it, because you are too young and neither Sting nor Tina Turner are your contemporaries? Or are your thoughts already wandering and you don't remember all those things that used to make your feet dance?

A good way to find out what rock music really is, who the world-famous artists are, and what they have recorded, is to read the Great World Rock Encyclopedia authored by Zlatko Gall. Divided into three parts, presented in an acceptable format that is not standard for encyclopedic publications, but is easier for the reader, this encyclopedia is full of information that is excellently systematized and, above all, interesting. 

Just a few interesting facts: Sting's real name is Gordon Sumner, but whatever his name, what will be more important to us are the titles of his songs. We will remember the hits „Englishman in New York“, „The Lazarus Heart“, or „They Dance Alone“.

Or let's remember the rock group Van Halen? Their album „Van Halen I“ significantly defined American hard/heavy rock in the eighties.

In any case, the „doors“ of this rock encyclopedia are wide open for us. And it is a pleasure to find quality information about the lives and work of rock stars.

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The author of this review is the director of the Public Institution General Library Maglaj.