A guide to the groups and artists who have moulded the shape of popular music since the l970s, from the beginnings of punk. The book contains nearly 2000 entries by contributors such as Brian Hogg, Alex Ogg, Simon Williams, Jeff Tamarkin, Colin Larkin, Johnny Rogan, John Ely and John Reed.
Colin Larkin is a British music writer. He founded and was the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Along with the ten-volume encyclopedia, Larkin also wrote the book All Time Top 1000 Albums, and edited the Guinness Who's Who of Jazz, the Guinness Who's Who of Blues, and the Virgin Encyclopedia of Heavy Rock. He has over 650000 copies in print.