The History of Music Production. by Burgess, Richard James

Table of Contents: “…The corporate state ; The charts and SoundScan ; Alternative rock ; Toward music online ; Progress with digitized data ; Digital radio ; Millennials ; Preparing the way for Napster -- Periods of standards and stability. …”
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I want my MTV : the uncensored story of the music video revolution / by Tannenbaum, Rob

Table of Contents: “…Where do we go now : "With or without you" to "U can't touch this," 1987-1990 : The island of misfit toys: 120 minutes and the rising up/selling out of alternative rock -- Martha was heartbroken: MTV finds a new, mouthier squad of VJs -- A true television network: the new boss orders up a riotous show that forever changes the network -- That's what hype can do to you: Club MTV launches the "upskirt shot" and a pop scandal -- The first time I smelled freebase: MTV parties down at spring break -- I brought snowballs to the desert: sucking up to MTV's laddish new power broker -- People in the hood rushed to get cable: How Ted Demme did, didn't, maybe did, and absolutely did create Yo! …”

What's that sound? : an introduction to rock and its history / by Covach, John Rudolph

Table of Contents: “…Flap over rap -- Into the 1990s: alternative rock : America's punk? ; Seattle's grunge scene: Nirvana and Hole ; Pearl Jam ; Other Seattle bands: Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Foo Fighters ; California bands ; Revisiting the 1960s and 1970s.…”