Elvis Has Left the Building: The Death of the King and the Rise of Punk Rock

by Dylan Jones

Book Overview

Nearly forty years after his death, rock's ultimate legend and prototype just won't go away and his influence and legacy are to be found not just in music today, but the world over. Elvis Presley has permeated the modern world in ways that are bizarre and inexplicable: a pop icon while he was alive, he has become almost a religious icon in death, a modern-day martyr crucified on the wheel of drugs, celebrity culture, junk food and sex. In Elvis Has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468309676
• ISBN13: 9781468309676
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher