Once upon a time books about rock music were a rarity, these days they just might be a dime a dozen. Quite a few of those are fresh out of print recounting the rise (and possibly the fall ...
It wouldn't be sensible to suggest any cause-and-effect between Bullet For My Valentine and other bands, but there is certainly a taste for increasingly heavier music in the UK's current rock scene.
Rock music first grew out of the rock’n’roll movement of the 1940s and 50s, which itself was inspired by country and African-American rhythm and blues from the 1920s and 30s. Even from its ...