Emerging from a period of protest and social unrest, 1968 was the year that ushered in gut-punching sounds that would define classic and hard rock—the formation of bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath rolled away the light sounds of psychedelic music and Flower Power. John Einarson provides the first detailed account of this crucial period.

Emerging from a period of protest and social unrest, 1968 was the year that ushered in gut-punching sounds that would define classic and hard rock—the formation of bands like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath rolled away the light sounds of psychedelic music and Flower Power. John Einarson provides the first detailed account of this crucial period.

"“This is amazingly detailed research and information. John Einarson has created a resource that present and future rock scholars will go to quite often. He's got everything in the book, short of Jimmy Page's shoe-size and Hendrix's guitar string gauge. Well done, I must say.”" - founder and leader of Steppenwolf