Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: The Fifties
Chapter 2: The Sixties
Chapter 3: The Seventies
Chapter 4: The Eighties
Chapter 5: The Nineties

Author's Note
Endnotes
Photographic Credits
Index 

About the Author

Lucy Desoto is an internationally recognised rock musician, who has sung and played keyboards with some of Australia’s leading musicians. Lucy has an honours degree in Media Arts and a Doctorate of Creative Arts. Now based in Alice Springs, Lucy continues to rock ’n’ roll. This is her first book.

Reviews

"From chilled out festivals and demure dance halls to outrageous costumes and plenty of flesh on display - stunning pictures show how Australian music has changed"
*Daily Mail Australia*

"a must-have for every music lover’s coffee table."
*What's My Scene*

"Rock musician, Lucy Desoto has lived the story and she charts the big names that burst Australian rock on to the world as well those who rocked the local scene."
*Femail*

"this tome is a coffee-table book with attitude ... this lavishly curated and illustrated release represents a happy-go-lucky musical stroll down memory lane."
*Yours Magazine*

"Strewn with iconic and rare photographs, original album artworks, posters and newspaper clipping, with hefty hardback packs a vibrant visual history"
*City Hub*

"The engaging and highly readable text is accompanied by a number of great colour photos, which immediately transport the reader back to the dance halls and smokey pubs where Australia's rock 'n' roll legacy was forged".
*Book Review: Australia Rocks*

"It’s an intriguing tour through the decades, looking at the musicians, bands and the aficionados who globally left an imprint on music and developed and created the soundtrack of our Australian lives.."
*Book Review*

"Desoto balances the passion and energy of true insider with the clarity of an academic (she has a PhD in creative arts). The result is a genuine slice of social history"