Genesis is proud to announce the official limited edition book crafted to celebrate the enduring success of one of the world’s greatest rock bands. Presenting the photographs of Mick Rock, original text by Brian May, Mary Austin and Mick Rock and featuring quotes of the period from Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John […]
MOONAGE DAYDREAM: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ZIGGY STARDUST is a collaboration between David Bowie and photographer Mick Rock. Published to coincide with the 30th anniversary of theZiggy Stardust LP’s original release, MOONAGE DAYDREAM is David Bowie’s first ever book and the ultimate authorised piece of Ziggy Stardust legend. David Bowie’s sharp, often humorous text discusses the origins of
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“I could snap whatever caught my eye, stirred my imagination”, states Mick Rock about the time he spent with the “Rocky Horror Picture Show”. As the “special photographer” on the set he was right in the middle of the action. This book contains 272 pages of the most beautiful pictures – most of them never
Blondie were the most successful rock act to emerge from New York’s seminal and anarchic downtown punk scene of the mid-1970s. Their beautiful, multi-talented lead singer, Debbie Harry, became the most photogenic and photographed rock performer of all time. Mick Rock lived and lensed cutting-edge culture like no other in the 1970s, and their collaboration
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We all know Mick Rock shot punk. Bowie, Blondie, Barrett—they were his buddies. Lou Reed was his mentor. Madonna, Mercury and Mötley Crüe his muse. And Mick was as gloriously hedonistic as any of them in embracing the idols of nihilism—sex, drugs and rock n’ roll, baby—that killed off half their lot. But he’s also
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“Just turn on with me and you’re not alone…” That lyric, from “Rock ‘n’ Roll Suicide,” might be as close to a manifesto as David Bowie has ever uttered. Indeed, for all the revolutionary tunes and culture-crossing costumes, perhaps his greatest legacy is that he made it okay to be different. Very different. “I suppose
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“Transformer” is a new, limited edition collection of photographs, some never-before-seen, that chart the transformations of poet and performer Lou Reed from 1972-1980. The book presents the man behind the cover photographs of “Transformer”, “Sally Can’t Dance”, “Coney Island Baby”, “Rock and Roll Heart”, and “Growing Up in Public”. Photographer Mick Rock captured Lou Reed in the studio; performing onstage; in
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Lou Reed surprised fans in New York this week when he made an appearance at a playback of his seminal album ‘Transformer’. Fans for the former Velvet Underground frontman had gathered in a New York bar for a playback of the LP on Monday night (March 4) and were shocked to see a familiar figure in
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