Rock Around the Bloc: A History of Rock Music in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, 1954-1988

by Timothy W. Ryback

In February 1987, Mikhail and Raisa Gorbachev personally received Yoko Ono in Moscow. In a surprising revelation, Raisa declared that she and her husband were fans of John Lennon. While Raisa sang lyrics from a Lennon song, the Soviet leader observed solemnly, "John should have been here." It was a stunning declaration. After three decades of virulent anti-rock rhetoric, a Soviet leader had allied himself with the forces of rock & roll. In the era...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195056337
• ISBN13: 9780195056334
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"