Almost Grown

'Superb ... This history of rock's development, filled with supremely intelligent writing, is as addictive as so many 45s from that era dropping onto your turntable and blasting out fabulous news at high energy ... a fabulous, can't-miss tale of simple musical pleasures and outsized gratifications, of sex, drugs, fame, wealth, rebellion, dreary bad-boyism, and an alluring "aura of menace y that entered pop culture through its new music... a review can only hint at its richness and breadth.' Philadelphia Enquirer 'Excellent ... Miller bas a particularly acute eye' Financial Times 'Authoritative ... excellent and readable. Miller's varied career gives him - at times - the objective distance of a social historian, the encyclopaedic knowledge of a veteran music journalist, and the residual enthusiasm of a fan! Times Literary Supplement 'Readable, provocative ... a major work in the field' Independent 'Fascinating ... as wonderfully mixed up as the rock revolution it describes! Los Angeles Times 'Because [Miller] thinks harder and more broadly than most pop music Writers, and writes more lucidly, especially about the music itself, than those who theorize about rock in cultural studies 'Because [Miller] thinks harder and more broadly than most pop music writers, and writes more lucidly, especially about the music itself, than those who theorize about rock in cultural studies departments, the result is a book that engrosses... you can almost feel the wondrously dizzying pace at which rock rose! New York Times