Book Review| April 01 2002 Review: Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis, edited by John Covach and Graeme M. Boone Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis, edited by John Covach and Graeme M. Boone. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997. xiii, 219 pp. Mark Mazullo Mark Mazullo Mark Mazullo is Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. His recent publications include “Revisiting the Wreck: PJ Harvey's Dry and the Drowned Virgin-Whore” (popular Music, 2001) and “The Man Whom the World Sold: Kurt Cobain, Rock's Progressive Aesthetic, and the Challenges of Authenticity” (Musical Quarterly, 2000). He is also an active pianist and writes regularly for the Ruminator Review. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of the American Musicological Society (2002) 55 (1): 187–194. https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2002.55.1.187 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Mark Mazullo; Review: Understanding Rock: Essays in Musical Analysis, edited by John Covach and Graeme M. Boone. Journal of the American Musicological Society 1 April 2002; 55 (1): 187–194. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jams.2002.55.1.187 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of the American Musicological Society Search This content is only available via PDF. © 2002 by the American Musicological Society. All rights reserved.2002 Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.