Fade to Black: Hard Rock Cover Art of the Vinyl Age
- ISBN-10
- 1402778171
- ISBN-13
- 9781402778179
- Series
- Fade to Black
- Category
- Rock groups
- Pages
- 276
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
- Authors
- Martin Popoff, Ioannis
Description
Take an extraordinary journey through the coolest hard rock album covers from 1965-90: vinyl's “golden age.” Renowned rock journalist Martin Popoff joins with celebrated cover artist Ioannis to offer insightful critiques of 216 covers as well as trivia and behind-the-scenes stories. The showcased musicians include the era's biggest stars, from Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin to Nirvana and Alice in Chains.
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